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单词 mickey-taking
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mickey-takingn.

Brit. /ˈmɪkɪˌteɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪkiˌteɪkɪŋ/
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mickey-take v., -ing suffix1; mickey n.1, taking n.
Etymology: Either < mickey-take v. + -ing suffix1, or independently < mickey n.1 + taking n., after to take the mickey at mickey n.1 7. Compare earlier mickey-taking adj.
colloquial (chiefly British).
The action or process of ‘taking the mickey’; mocking, teasing, satirizing.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > action of
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jesting1526
raillying1612
banteringa1672
rallying1673
smoking1781
ragging1788
quizzing1795
chaffing1826
quizzification1856
joshing1864
barracking1885
ribbing1913
mickey-taking1967
1967 Spectator 3 Nov. 535/2 One looks forward after reading this brilliant exercise in mickey-taking to Miss Tracy's next novel.
1973 ‘J. Patrick’ Glasgow Gang Observed xiv. 127 Big Sheila indulged in the same sort of ‘mickey-taking’.
1996 Q Jan. 8/4 At the end of the day there is a lot of mickey-taking between us, though!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mickey-takingadj.

Brit. /ˈmɪkɪˌteɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪkiˌteɪkɪŋ/
Forms: see mickey n.1 and taking adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mickey n.1, taking adj.
Etymology: < mickey n.1 + taking adj., after to take the mickey at mickey n.1 7. Compare very slightly later mickey-take v.
colloquial (chiefly British).
That ‘takes the mickey’ out of, or makes fun of (something).
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [adjective]
bantering1660
rallying1662
quizzing1797
quizzical1801
chaffing1826
chaffy1855
bantery1862
joshing1864
barracking1885
mickey-taking1959
1959 Oxf. Mail 13 June 6/3 This modern dress, mickey-taking version of Aristophanes.
1962 Times 20 July 10/6 The micky-taking ways of their own brand of insolent wise-cracking.
1986 News (Portsmouth) 11 Sept. 6/2 If you write what you hope is a mickey-taking sort of book, the first thing to do is take the mickey out of yourself.
1998 Total Football Sept. 120/1 The Redz Online... What is it? Relentlessly micky-taking E-zine for all haters of The Gas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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