Definition of MICKEY

mickey

Plural: mickeys

Noun

  • A sedative or drug added to a drink, usually without consent.
  • (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
  • A small bottle of liquor, holding 375 ml or 13 oz., typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
  • A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
  • An Irish person.
  • A potato.
  • The penis.
  • The vagina.
  • A well-known honeyeater, the Noisy Miner, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia.
  • A young bull, especially one that is unbranded and running wild.
  • piss, shortened and more commonly used form of Mickey Bliss.
  • The resolution of a mouse: the smallest measurable distance it can move the cursor, used as a unit of length.

Verb

  • To secretly slip drugs into somebody's drink.

Examples

  • He fell off the bike and injured his mickey.
  • He was so tired, he felt like someone had slipped him a MICKEY during the marathon Scrabble session.
  • I slipped him a mickey.
  • We roasted mickeys over a fire with two-foot sticks.
  • While you're at the liquor store, get a mickey of rye?

Origin / Etymology

* (potato): From the common Irish name; compare murphy (“a potato”).
* (computer mouse resolution): An allusion to the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.

Synonyms

Mick, Paddy

Scrabble Score: 17

mickey: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mickey: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mickey: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

mickey: valid Words With Friends Word