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Mick·ey

   [mik-ee] noun, plural -eys, adjective
noun
1.
Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless.
2.
(often lowercase) Also, micky. a potato, especially a roasted Irish potato.
3.
a male or female given name.
adjective
4.
(sometimes lowercase) mickey mouse.

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Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; Mick (see Mick) + -ey2
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Mick or Mickey (mɪk, ˈmɪkɪ)
 
—n
1.  derogatory (sometimes not capital) a slang name for an Irishman or a Roman Catholic
2.  (Austral) the tails side of a coin
 
[C19: from the nickname for Michael]
 
Mickey or Mickey
 
—n
 
[C19: from the nickname for Michael]

mickey or micky1 (ˈmɪkɪ)
 
—n
informal take the mickey, take the mickey out of someone to tease someone
 
[C20: of unknown origin]
 
micky or micky1
 
—n
 
[C20: of unknown origin]

mickey or micky2 (ˈmɪkɪ)
 
—n
informal (Austral) a young bull, esp one that is wild and unbranded
 
micky or micky2
 
—n

mickey3 (ˈmɪkɪ)
 
—n
(Canadian) a liquor bottle of 0.375 litre capacity, flat on one side and curved on the other to fit into a pocket
 
[C20: of unknown origin]

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mickey
see Mickey Finn.
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mickey definition


and micky
  1. n.
    a hip flask for liquor. : He took a little swig out of a mickey he carries in his pocket.

  2. Go to Mickey (Finn). :
  3. n.
    a small bottle of wine. : See if you can get a mickey of something for a buck.
  4. n.
    a tranquilizer. (Drugs.) : Whatever that mickey was you gave me, it helped.

  5. and mick. an easy or trivial college course. (From mickey mouse sense 2.) : I've got a light load this quarter. Three micks and two education courses.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Mickey (Finn) definition


  1. n.
    a drink containing chloral hydrate; a drink containing a fast-acting laxative. : He slipped her a Mickey Finn, but she switched glasses.
  2. n.
    chloral hydrate as put in drinks to knock people out. : There was a Mickey Finn in this drink, wasn't there?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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mickey definition

unit, humour
The unit of resolution of mouse movement.
It has been suggested that the "disney" will become a benchmark unit for animation graphics performance.
[Jargon File]
(1999-06-30)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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