Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mickey
Participle: mickeyed
Gerund: mickeying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mickey |
| you | mickey |
| he;she;it | mickeys |
| we | mickey |
| you | mickey |
| they | mickey |
Perfect
| I | have mickeyed |
| you | have mickeyed |
| he;she;it | has mickeyed |
| we | have mickeyed |
| you | have mickeyed |
| they | have mickeyed |
Past
| I | mickeyed |
| you | mickeyed |
| he;she;it | mickeyed |
| we | mickeyed |
| you | mickeyed |
| they | mickeyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mickeyed |
| you | had mickeyed |
| he;she;it | had mickeyed |
| we | had mickeyed |
| you | had mickeyed |
| they | had mickeyed |
Future
| I | will mickey |
| you | will mickey |
| he;she;it | will mickey |
| we | will mickey |
| you | will mickey |
| they | will mickey |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mickeyed |
| you | will have mickeyed |
| he;she;it | will have mickeyed |
| we | will have mickeyed |
| you | will have mickeyed |
| they | will have mickeyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mickey |
| you | mickey |
| he;she;it | mickey |
| we | mickey |
| you | mickey |
| they | mickey |
Perfect
| I | have mickeyed |
| you | have mickeyed |
| he;she;it | have mickeyed |
| we | have mickeyed |
| you | have mickeyed |
| they | have mickeyed |
Imperfect
| I | mickeyed |
| you | mickeyed |
| he;she;it | mickeyed |
| we | mickeyed |
| you | mickeyed |
| they | mickeyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mickeyed |
| you | had mickeyed |
| he;she;it | had mickeyed |
| we | had mickeyed |
| you | had mickeyed |
| they | had mickeyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mickey |
| you | would mickey |
| he;she;it | would mickey |
| we | would mickey |
| you | would mickey |
| they | would mickey |
Perfect
| I | would have mickeyed |
| you | would have mickeyed |
| he;she;it | would have mickeyed |
| we | would have mickeyed |
| you | would have mickeyed |
| they | would have mickeyed |
Imperative
| you | mickey |
| we | Let's mickey |
| you | mickey |
Verbs conjugated like 'mickey'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mickey'
miskey,
bicker,
dicker,
jockey,
lackey,
micher,
mike,
mirken,
misken,
monkey,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (noun), from Mickey (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”, proper noun), from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)).
2. Noun sense 1 (“smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor”) refers to the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.
3. Noun sense 5 (“penis”), noun sense 7.1 (“Irishman”), and noun sense 7.2 (“potato; sweet potato”) refer to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and to the prevalence of potatoes in the Irish diet; compare murphy (“potato”).
4. Noun sense 6.2 (“in take the mickey: (false) pride”) possibly refers to the use of Mickey Bliss as rhyming slang for piss (“act of urinating”); compare take the piss and noun sense 6.1.
5. The adjective is short for Mickey Mouse, which is rhyming slang for grouse (“(Australia, New Zealand, slang) excellent”).
6. The verb is short for mickey-finn, from Mickey Finn; compare noun sense 7.3.
Sample Sentences
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Sam said he hadn't mickeyed me. That meant that he had either prepared a mickey at someone else's order, without knowing for whom it was intended, or he had seen someone else do the concocting. [1951, Robert O. Saber, The Scented Flesh (A Handi-book Mystery; 124), Kingston, N.Y.: Quinn Publishing, →OCLC, page 46:]
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You mickeyed my drink, didn't you? […] You know why I don't drink. You know why I don't do dope. And you mickeyed my drink. You son of a bitch. [1994, Dana Stabenow, chapter 10, in A Cold Blooded Business, London: Head of Zeus, published 2013, →ISBN, page 200:]
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No question now, as far as she was concerned, that someone had mickeyed his beer. [2005 April, Christopher Golden, chapter 5, in Wildwood Road (A Bantam Spectra Book), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Dell, →ISBN, page 65:]