MICKEY Definition & Meaning

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Mickey

[ mik-ee ]

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noun

plural Mickeys.

Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless.
(often lowercase) Also a potato, especially a roasted Irish potato.
a male or female given name.

adjective

(sometimes lowercase) mickey mouse.

mickey

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noun

take the mickey or take the mickey out of someone informal.
to tease someone

mickey

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noun

informal.
a young bull, esp one that is wild and unbranded

mickey

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noun

a liquor bottle of 0.375 litre capacity, flat on one side and curved on the other to fit into a pocket

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Origin of Mickey¹

1925–30, Americanism; Mick ( Mick ) + -ey ²

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Origin of Mickey¹

C20: of unknown origin

Origin of Mickey²

C20: of unknown origin

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“The Mickeys are too hot,” Mr. Lopreto wrote to his partners in emails obtained by investigators.

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For their ceremony at Disney’s Beach and Yacht Club Resort in Orlando, the couple envisioned something elegant and traditional, minus the gimmicks and characters — save for a few hundred “hidden Mickeys” scattered throughout the venue.

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One piece distributes Mickeys across a plastic expanse in the shape of the continental United States, with splashes of glossy paint and “this land was made for you and me” in individual letters.

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And two things: first, I've got an eye on the Mickeys of this city.

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