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mike-mike

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables
mike-mike
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of millimeter (“mm”)

American usage; Informal

Etymology

mike + mike, from mm (“millimetre”). From Mike (“the letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet”). From having two "m"'s in the term, leading to reduplication of "mike".

Usage

Inflected Forms

mike-mikes (plural)

Phrases

20 mike-mike 30 mike-mike 40 mike-mike 50 mike-mike

Synonyms

millimeter

Questions

What does mike-mike mean?
Synonym of millimeter (“mm”)
Where does mike-mike come from?
mike + mike, from mm (“millimetre”). From Mike (“the letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet”). From having two "m"'s in the term, leading to reduplication of "mike".

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