Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking the mickey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing the mick-ey
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take the mickey

Questions

What does taking the mickey mean?
present participle and gerund of take the mickey

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