Mick
See also: mick
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪk/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪk
Noun
Mick (plural Micks)
- (slang, derogatory) An Irishman.
- [2024 February 10, Emma DeSouza, “The most effective cure for Northern Irish unionism? Attitudes in England”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- The retired Royal Navy officer Tim McCullagh told me that he was often referred to as “Mick”, a derogatory slur for a person of Irish descent.]
Derived terms
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German mügge, from Old High German mucka, mugga, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō. Cognate with German Mücke and English midge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mik/
Derived terms
- Mickeflatsch
Further reading
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