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mickey

/ˈmɪki/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
mick-ey
IPA
/ˈmɪki/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

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

Australian usage; Informal

noun

A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.

Australian usage; Slang

noun

The vulva.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Slang

noun

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.

Canadian usage; Informal

noun

The penis.

Slang

noun

Short for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).

British usage; Slang

noun

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

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

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)). Noun sense 1 (“smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor”) refers to the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 5 (“penis”), noun sense 7.1 (“Irishman”), and noun sense 7.2 (“potato; sweet potato”) refer to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and to the prevalence of potatoes in the Irish diet; compare murphy (“potato”). Noun sense 6.2 (“in take the mickey: (false) pride”) possibly refers to the use of Mickey Bliss as rhyming slang for piss (“act of urinating”); compare take the piss and noun sense 6.1. The adjective is short for Mickey Mouse, which is rhyming slang for grouse (“(Australia, New Zealand, slang) excellent”). The verb is short for mickey-finn, from Mickey Finn; compare noun sense 7.3.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɪki/
  • British English: /ˈmɪki/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mickeys (plural) more mickey (comparative) most mickey (superlative) mickeys (present, singular) mickeying (participle, present) mickeyed (participle, past) mickeyed (past) Micky (alternative)

Phrases

mickey-take take the mickey Texas mickey throw a mickey Mickey Bliss Mickey Finn Mickey Mouse

Frequently Paired Words

roofie

Synonyms

paddy mick

Rhymes With

tricky sticky nikki nicky vicky picky nicki vicki hickey niki dickie micky

Questions

How do you pronounce mickey?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪki/.
What does mickey mean?
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.
Where does mickey come from?
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)). Noun sense 1 (“smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor”) refers to the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 5 (“penis”), noun sense 7.1 (“Irishman”), and noun sense 7.2 (“potato; sweet potato”) refer to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and to the prevalence of potatoes in the Irish diet; compare murphy (“potato”). Noun sense 6.2 (“in take the mickey: (false) pride”) possibly refers to the use of Mickey Bliss as rhyming slang for piss (“act of urinating”); compare take the piss and noun sense 6.1. The adjective is short for Mickey Mouse, which is rhyming slang for grouse (“(Australia, New Zealand, slang) excellent”). The verb is short for mickey-finn, from Mickey Finn; compare noun sense 7.3.

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