mickey-take
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "Occasionally they perform in a club act, which is a mickey-take of The Chippendales. They do a strip routine and call themselves The Chipolatas."
- "The crowd were packed round the front of the small stage like sardines and the reaction was superb, with the band responding accordingly, especially Tim who was on top form, leaping ups and down on the makeshift stage which was threatening to give way any minute, charging around wielding his guitar in a guitar-hero mickey-take, abusing the audience, hammering Dominic's cymbals, pouring gallons of water over himself and his guitar... brilliant."
- "If this article is going to be a mickey-take of Barnsley, let's forget the whole thing."
- "The butt of the mickey-taking was Ed's surname."
- "He was sick of the mickey-taking. He found a Pampers disposable nappy on his desk one morning. Thank god it was clean!"
- "Carl felt insulted by the mickey-taking and gave Jamie the dirtiest of looks before he kicked off."
Usage
- British usage