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mickey

/ˈmɪki/

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noun

  1. The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
  2. (informal) The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
  3. (slang) A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
More meanings (17)

noun

  1. (informal) A small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
  2. (slang) The penis.
  3. (slang) Short for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).
  4. (informal) In take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
  5. (slang) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“a Mickey Finn: an alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
  6. (slang) Short for Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
  7. (rare, slang) The vulva.
  8. (derogatory, offensive, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“an Irishman”).
  9. (dated, slang) A potato or sweet potato; specifically, one roasted over a fire outdoors.
  10. (informal, rare) A Mickey Mouse cartoon.
  11. (derogatory, offensive, slang) A Roman Catholic person.
  12. (derogatory, offensive, slang) An Irishman.
  13. (historical, slang) A type of bombsight assisted by radar.

adjective

  1. (informal) Short for Mickey Mouse (“excellent, grouse”).

verb

  1. Sometimes followed by up: short for mickey-finn (“to drug (someone) with a Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”); to secretly put a drug into (someone's drink) to render them unconscious”).

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Michaela and Michelle.
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After the sixth time the rabbit-keepers grew enthusiastic, and Mickey, commander-in-chief of the brigade, became intemperate in his admiration.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284