Meaning

8 senses
  1. 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.

  2. (Australia, informal)The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.

  3. (Australia, slang)A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.

  4. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, rare, slang)The vulva.

  5. (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.

  6. (Ireland, slang)The penis.

    He fell off the bike and injured his mickey.

  7. (UK, informal)In take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.

  8. (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.

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. — deniko

    deMaria nimmt Tom auf die Schippe. — list

  2. Are you taking the mickey?

    Жартуєш? — shanghainese

  3. Are you taking the mickey out of me?

  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. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  5. Mickey is such a control freak.

Origin

Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (noun), from Mickey (“diminutive of the male given

Alternative 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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Forms

plural: mickeys
Singularmickey
Pluralmickeys

regular

Synonyms

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

Word family

1 related words

See also

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