mick

«mick» in Mova's school dictionary: a short form of the name Michael — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a mick — offensive); name (Mick); in the phrase take the mick (UK/Ireland/Australia, informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Mick is a short form of the name Michael. tree →

2) (UK/Ireland/Australia, informal) To take the mick (or mickey) out of someone means to tease or make fun of them. tree →

3) (offensive) Mick is a rude word for an Irish person; never use it this way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories Mick is a character's name. In real British, Irish and Australian speech «taking the mick» is common teasing, sometimes friendly, sometimes unkind. Phrases: «take the mick», «are you taking the mick?».

examples

• Uncle Mick drives a lorry. tree →
• Are you taking the mick? tree →
• Stop taking the mick out of my haircut! tree →
• They were only taking the mick — it was a joke. tree →
• Mick has 12 stickers and gives half away. tree →
• Don't take the mick when someone makes a mistake. tree →

note

As a name, capital M. «Take the mick» is informal; the longer «take the mickey» means the same. Calling an Irish person «a mick» is an insult (rude).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mick» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.