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take the micky

take the micky is the alternative form of take the mickey.

Meaning of take the mickey

Verb

take the mickey (third-person singular simple present takes the mickey, present participle taking the mickey, simple past took the mickey, past participle taken the mickey)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To ridicule or mock someone; to make fun of someone.
    • Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.

Forms of take the micky

third-person singular presenttakes the micky
present participletaking the micky
pasttook the micky
past participletaken the micky

Questions about take the micky

What is take the micky the alternative form of?
Take the micky is the alternative form of take the mickey.

Words near take the micky in the dictionary

  1. take the matter into one's own hands
  2. take the meaning
  3. take the Michael
  4. take the mick
  5. take the mickey
  6. take the micky
  7. take the offensive
  8. take the pee
  9. take the piss
  10. take the place of
  11. take the pledge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take the micky (page history and authors); take the mickey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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