English

Alternative forms

• mickey take

Noun

mickey-take ‎(plural mickey-takes)

1. (Britain) An act of mockery or parody; a piss-take.
   • 2010, Paul Hendy, The Diary Of A C-List Celeb, ISBN 1407093851, page 13:

     Occasionally they perform in a club act, which is a mickey-take of The Chippendales. They do a strip routine and call themselves The Chipolatas.

   • 2011, Adrian Bell, Aylesbury Bolton Wolverhampton Hove, ISBN 0956879500:

     The crowd were packed round the front of the small stage like sardines and the reaction was superb, with the band responding accordingly, especially Tim who was on top form, leaping ups and down on the makeshift stage which was threatening to give way any minute, charging around wielding his guitar in a guitar-hero mickey-take, abusing the audience, hammering Dominic's cymbals, pouring gallons of water over himself and his guitar... brilliant.

   • 2012, Martin Wainwright, True North: In Praise of England's Better Half, ISBN 0852653697:

     If this article is going to be a mickey-take of Barnsley, let's forget the whole thing.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of take the mickey
   • 2009, Martyn Croft, The Boy Who Knew Things, ISBN 0955987253, page 10:

     The butt of the mickey-taking was Ed's surname.

   • 2013, M. C. Dutton, The Godfathers of London, ISBN 1783068248:

     He was sick of the mickey-taking. He found a Pampers disposable nappy on his desk one morning. Thank god it was clean!

   • 2013, Rob Childs, The Big Star, ISBN 1448192684:

     Carl felt insulted by the mickey-taking and gave Jamie the dirtiest of looks before he kicked off.