plural MCs
1
: master of ceremonies
… the MC for the event kept the crowd engaged every second of the way.—Joseph Goodman
2
: a performer of rap music : emcee, rapper
The Staten Island supergroup [Wu-Tang Clan] contains four of the best MCs—Ghostface Killah, GZA, Chef Raekwon, and Method Man—to ever pick up a microphone.—Ken Capobianco
—sometimes used as a title in the stage names of rappersMC Lyte
MC Hammer
"My crew and I tested a lot of names. There was MC Latifah and Latifah Love. We landed on 'Queen'…"—Queen Latifah, quoted in Parade
MCed; MCing; MCs
1
: to perform the role of a master of ceremonies : to act as MC for
Nathaniel had even gotten to MC a virtual town hall, where students said they wanted the city to invest its school cop dollars into counselors, librarians and restorative justice coordinators.—Mila Koumpilova
… at 18 she worked three jobs—teaching dance, hostessing at a restaurant and MCing at bar mitzvahs …—Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
2
: to perform rap music : rap entry 6
For up-and-coming rappers, a radio show freestyle is often a litmus test, and in 2019, Milli Bucks passed with flying colors. Even though she had just started MCing a year prior, she calmly conjured bar after bar …—Heven Haile
Andre Thomas … volunteers for two hours a day … working behind the mixing desk as teenagers record their own rap and MCing tracks.—Alistair Kleebauer
member of Congress
mək;
mə,
before forms beginning with k,
or g
—used to indicate an inexpensive, convenient, or easy but usually low-quality or commercialized version of something specified
McBook
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