a type of microphone that is held against the throat to pick up voice vibrations
Also called: throat mike
throat microphone in American English
noun
a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit
Word origin
[1955–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, cassette, new wave, opioid, rollout
Examples of 'throat microphone' in a sentence
throat microphone
His solos were often played with the bow, to which he sang through a throat microphone of his own design.