Mic

1961 mic. Abbreviation and alteration of microphone.

Full definition of mic

(plural mics)

1987, Eric B. & Rakim, I Know You Got Soul (Eric B. & Rakim song)Picture a mic, the stage is emptyA beat like this might tempt meTo pose, show my rings and my fat gold chainGrab the mic like I'm on Soul Train

(transitive and intransitive, music, sound engineering) To put one or more microphones on or in; to use or place a microphone.If we add the drum kit, we'll have to mic the orchestra.

2002, Darren Brown, Hunting Trophy Whitetails, At 11:00 am, Doug mics up with me on the radio, and I advise him to go back to camp to get a quad, that we have a monster down.
2003, Sleazegrinder, Gigs from Hell: True Tales of Rock and Roll Gone Wrong, Imagine playing a venue the size of an aircraft hangar without your tiny amps miced up through the PA!
2006, Sarah Davis, The guerilla guide to the music business, This lacks the gut-punch of miced-up bass but hopefully the player can rise to the challenge and give his or her take extra energy to make up for it.
2007, Trev Wilkins, Access all areas: a real world guide to gigging and touring, Dynamics are used extensively for vocals, drums, and 'micing up' amplifiers such as guitar amps but they can be used for almost any application.
2009, Francis Rumsey, Sound and Recording, but it is extremely useful in applications such as vocals, drums, and the micing-up of guitar amplifiers.