Mick

See also: mick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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

• Micky, Mickey

Derived terms

• on the Pat and Mick
• Pat and Mick

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

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mick”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch