mickey
Sometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn with a Mickey FinnSometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn (“to drug (someone) with a Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”); to secretly put a drug into (someone's drink) to render them unconscious”).
» Mary is taking the mickey out of Tom.
Maria nimmt Tom auf die Schippe. — list
Мері кепкує з Тома. — deniko
see · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesSometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn (“to drug (someone) with a Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”); to secretly put a drug into (someone's drink) to render them unconscious”).
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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Forms
mickeys, mickeying, mickeyed, mickeyedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.