Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a person of Irish birth or descent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A slang name for an Irishman. See
micky .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a person of Irish descent; -- an ethnic slur, offensive and disparaging.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
Irishman - noun A
Catholic , particularly of Irish descent. - adjective slang Easy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I am loving russel!!!, nat and jaison. mick is a bit of a bore but whatever … go foa foa!
Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode 9 | EW.com 2009
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Two guineas, one hunky funky lace-curtain Irish mick.
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If you look at my posts I'm more coherent than that 'mick'.
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He shoved in the juice and made time, you bet; no "mick" was going to catch up and shout orders at him!
Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923
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I was brought up with five brothers, in two rooms on the top floor of a rear tenement on Avenue B; I was a little street "mick," and then I was
The Machine Upton Sinclair 1923
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He cites a personal example in which he called Irish pugilist Aran Ryan a "mick" out of frustration while playing.
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The startups launch right in front of you, and if the wi-fi holds, then my chance of getting "mick" goes way up.
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The startups launch right in front of you, and if the wi-fi holds, then my chance of getting "mick" goes way up.
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"mick" who lived in a tenement, and whose mother stood at the head of the stairway and defended him with a rolling-pin against a policeman who was chasing him.
The Metropolis Upton Sinclair 1923
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February 19th, 2010 at 12: 33 am bla bla bla OUTRAGE! mick says:
renumeratedfrog commented on the word mick
"The only two things those damn micks are interested in are booze and Jesus."
August 19, 2008
seanahan commented on the word mick
You forgot about potatoes.
August 21, 2008
john commented on the word mick
Mmm, potatoes. What's an Irish 7 course meal? A six pack and a potato. Amen.
August 21, 2008
seanahan commented on the word mick
Or my favorite form of the Irish 7 course meal, a bottle of whiskey and 6 baked potatoes.
August 21, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word mick
Do you have a citation for that, r.frog? (I'm curious where it came from since I never saw it before.) :)
August 21, 2008
vendingmachine commented on the word mick
What does it mean to take the _mick_ out of someone?
February 22, 2015
alexz commented on the word mick
>What does it mean to take the _mick_ out of someone?
I think it's to knock the chip off their shoulder: Verbally
February 22, 2015
bilby commented on the word mick
Means to make fun of someone.
February 23, 2015
sionnach commented on the word mick
I agree with bilby, with the slight nuance that it often involves someone who deserves to be taken down a peg or two.
It's probably more common to say "you're taking the piss" than to say 'you're taking the mick" these days.
February 24, 2015