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off microphone, off-microphone, adv. (phr.) and a.
[f. off prep. + microphone.]
Away from a microphone; that is distant from, or not facing, a microphone. Also colloq. abbrev. off-mike.
1937Printers' Ink Monthly May 39/3 Off mike, a position away from a performer or performer's position away from the microphone. 1940A. Oboler Fourteen Radio Plays 201 Pa (off mike). Hangin' around with loafers in the gymnasiums! Ibid. 257 Dialogue or effect is off-microphone, in other words, not all full volume in relation to other speeches or effects. 1958Listener 13 Nov. 799/1 Those who may have wondered what goes on in the studios before the red light comes on were given an amusing picture of off-mike life in Mr. Robert Kemp's comedy, ‘Young Mother Hubbard’. 1959Ibid. 30 Apr. 774/1 The story..forced Mr. Naughton to move his magnifying glass from the street and to take it, as it were, off-mike. 1962Times 3 Apr. 15/2 Goonery is not the most evident attribute of his off-microphone personality. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio ii. 40 The pages should be turned well off-microphone. Ibid. 48 Off⁓microphone voices and spot effects could be blended with on-microphone voices. 1973Washington Post 5 Apr. B. 2 Something electric goes on between the comedienne and her husband... There are off-mike private jokes. 1977Rolling Stone 19 May 89/1 Coltrane is occasionally off-mike. |