Mickey

[ mik-ee ]

noun

, plural Mick·eys.

1. 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.
2. (often lowercase) Also a potato, especially a roasted Irish potato.
3. a male or female given name.

adjective

1. (sometimes lowercase) mickey mouse.

mickey

¹

/ ˈmɪkɪ /

noun

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

mickey

²

/ ˈmɪkɪ /

noun

1. take the mickey informal.
   take the mickeytake the mickey out of someone to tease someone

mickey

³

/ ˈmɪkɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mickey¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mickey¹

C20: of unknown origin

Origin of Mickey²

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

He said he spent his time doing “Mickey Mouse make-work,” digging though old records for long-abandoned well sites.

From The Daily Beast

“Somebody suggested [we give him] a $1,000 baseball signed by Mickey Mantle [in exchange for the URL],” Robinson told me.

From The Daily Beast

And J. Crew chairman Mickey Drexler discusses the potential of a new line.

From The Daily Beast

If not for posterity, if not for the defense of the United States Constitution, then do it for Mickey.

From The Daily Beast

When I heard Mickey Rooney had died last week, naturally I wondered: Mickey Rooney was still alive?

From The Daily Beast

Mickey was faithful during the following week, and the "Aurora" was finished almost to his satisfaction.

From Project Gutenberg

By this time they were so angry that Mickey, seeing how things were going, and I being a mere lad, took me from the room.

From Project Gutenberg

I stopped to listen, and soon detected in one of the speakers my friend Mickey Free; of the other I was not long in ignorance.

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As I could not help feeling some curiosity in this matter, I pressed Mickey for an explanation.

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"Well, that calls for celebration," said Mickey, as she drank her whiskey.

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