mickey

[mik-ee] / ˈmɪk i /

NOUN

knockout drops

Synonyms

WEAK

Mickey Finn chloral hydrate joy juice

Example Sentences

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I'm very tolerant, but I'm not tolerant of people who I believe are coming here to take the mickey.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

"Maybe it's not a bad lesson to learn that you've got to have the mickey taken out of you occasionally," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

You take the mickey out of yourself and other people.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

"My friends all take the mickey," he joked.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

In North America this might be called a mickey mouse program.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.