mickey
The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is…The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
» Mary is taking the mickey out of Tom.
Maria nimmt Tom auf die Schippe. — list
Мері кепкує з Тома. — deniko
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8 sensesThe smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
(Australia, informal)The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
(Australia, slang)A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, rare, slang)The vulva.
(Canada, informal)A small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
While you’re at the liquor store, get a mickey of rye.
(Ireland, slang)The penis.
He fell off the bike and injured his mickey.
(UK, informal)In take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
(New York City, US, dated, slang)A potato or sweet potato; specifically, one roasted over a fire outdoors.
We roasted mickeys over a fire with two-foot sticks.
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
Examples
25 sentencesMary is taking the mickey out of Tom.
Мері кепкує з Тома. — deniko
deMaria nimmt Tom auf die Schippe. — list
Are you taking the mickey?
Жартуєш? — shanghainese
Are you taking the mickey out of me?
Mary took the mickey out of Tom's dramatic reaction to a tiny spider.
Мері кепкувала з Тома через його істерику через дрібного павука. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mickey is such a control freak.
Origin
Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (noun), from Mickey (“diminutive of the male givenAlternative letter-case form of Mickey (noun), from Mickey (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”, proper noun), from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)).
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