mickey
noun (MAKE FUN) /ˈmɪk.i/Definition
take the mickey/mick (out of someone) UK informal › to laugh at someone and make them seem silly, by copying their behaviour or tricking them in a funny or unkind way: A group of other boys were taking the mickey out of him. She's always taking the mick - she's got no respect for the managers at all.Mocking and taunting
(Definition of mickey noun (MAKE FUN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- burlesque noun
- caricature noun
- caricature verb
- deride verb
- derision noun
- derisive adjective
- jibe verb
- laugh at sb/sth phrasal verb
- laugh in sb's face idiom
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- mimic verb
- mock verb
- piss-take noun
- poke fun at sb idiom
- ridicule noun
- ridicule verb
- sardonic adjective
- take-off noun (COPY)
- taunt verb
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Mocking and taunting
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