Mick

See also: mick

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Proper noun

Mick

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Michael.

Noun

Mick (plural Micks)

  1. (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.]

Alternative forms

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/

Noun

Mick f (plural Micke, diminutive Mickche)

  1. fly

Derived terms

  • Mickeflatsch

Further reading

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