Meaning

4 senses
  1. (informal, rare)A Mickey Mouse cartoon.

  2. Synonym of Mick.

    (derogatory, offensive, slang)A Roman Catholic person.

  3. (US, derogatory, offensive, slang)An Irishman.

  4. (historical, slang)A type of bombsight assisted by radar.

More definitions
  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Mary is taking the mickey out of Tom.

    Мері кепкує з Тома.

    deMaria nimmt Tom auf die Schippe.

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  2. Are you taking the mickey?

    Жартуєш?

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  3. Are you taking the mickey out of me?

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  4. Mary took the mickey out of Tom's dramatic reaction to a tiny spider.

    Мері кепкувала з Тома через його істерику через дрібного павука.

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  5. Mickey is such a control freak.

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Origin

The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (

The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)).

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Forms

plural: Mickeys

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent:PaddyMick

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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