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# mick

«mick» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short form of the name Michael** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mick — offensive); name (Mick); in the phrase take the mick (UK/Ireland/Australia, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mick is a short form of the name Michael. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#m1)

2) (UK/Ireland/Australia, informal) To take the mick (or mickey) out of someone means to tease or make fun of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#m2)

3) (offensive) Mick is a rude word for an Irish person; never use it this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories Mick is a character's name. In real British, Irish and Australian speech «taking the mick» is common teasing, sometimes friendly, sometimes unkind. Phrases: «take the mick», «are you taking the mick?».

### examples

- Uncle Mick drives a lorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#x1)
- Are you taking the mick? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#x2)
- Stop taking the mick out of my haircut! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#x3)
- They were only taking the mick — it was a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#x4)
- Mick has 12 stickers and gives half away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#x5)
- Don't take the mick when someone makes a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/#x6)

### note

As a name, capital M. «Take the mick» is informal; the longer «take the mickey» means the same. Calling an Irish person «a mick» is an insult (rude).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mick» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mick/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.