单词 | mickey-taking |
释义 | mickey-takingn. colloquial (chiefly British). The action or process of ‘taking the mickey’; mocking, teasing, satirizing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > action of japingc1380 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. colloquial (chiefly British). That ‘takes the mickey’ out of, or makes fun of (something). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1967adj.1959 |
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