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Mick

Definition: Mick

Mick

Noun

1. Ethnic slur; a person of Irish descent.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Mick" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "Who is like God?".

Date "Mick" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references)


Synonyms: Mick

Synonyms: Mickey (n), Paddy (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Mick

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Mick (generally used with a lower-case "m") is a slang term in British English for an Irish person or Roman Catholic. It is a short form of the popular Irish forename Michael, and it is generally considered to be highly offensive.

See also:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mick."

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Synonyms within Context: Mick

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Extraneousness

Noun: extraneousness; Adjective: extrinsicality; exteriority; alienage, alienism. foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant; creole, Africander; outsider; Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Mick

English words defined with "Mick": Mick Jagger. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Mick": Taking the mick. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Mick" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (Mike).

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Modern Usage: Mick

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Mick, you never change your clothes. (Raw Is War; writing credit: Brian Gewirtz; Paul Heyman)

Mick, Mick! (Jumpin' Jack Flash; writing credit: David Franzoni;)

Mick, why do you think the Rutles broke up? (The Rutles; writing credit: Eric Idle)

Mick Jagger and I had a running tally going. (Mallrats; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

If it's Mick Jagger, run away and ring the bell I gave you. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Movie/TV Titles

Ginger Mick (1920)

Mick and Mike Find the Hidden Treasure (1901)

The Mick Molloy Show (1999)

Welcome to Bondage: Lorrin Mick (1993)

Mad Mick (1975)

Song Titles

God Gave Me Everything (performing artist: Mick Jagger)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mick

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dog 'Em: A Mick Hart Mystery (reference)

  • Mick Doohan: Thunder from Down Under (reference)

  • Mick Harte Was Here (reference)

  • Mick Kinane: Big Race King: The Authorized Biography (reference)

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to Elvis: An A-Z of the Elvis Universe by Acclaimed Author Mick Farren (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • WWE - Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops (reference)

  • Crass: Mick Duffield's Christ: The Movie (reference)

  • WWE Ringleaders Collection (The Rock - The People's Champ / Stone Cold - Hell Yeah / Mick Foley - Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Mick

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Two images of Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in performance, drummer Keith Richards in background. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Spoken Usage: Mick

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Jack Lemmon

Mick was incredibly helpful with that because he could catch a word. If I hit it a little too hard, he would say, let's do it just once more. Watch it right here. And he'd tell me where.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mick

"Mick" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.16% of the time. "Mick" is used about 1,300 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)96.16%1,2506,265
Noun (singular)1.61%2176,261
Lexical Verb (base form)1.31%1785,106
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.92%12101,599
                    Total100.00%1,300N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Mick

The following table summarizes the usage of "Mick" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
MickLast name2,0006,902
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Mick

"Mick" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "Who is like God?".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Mick."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
MikelMaleBasqueMichael
MitxelMaleBasqueMichael
MichaelMaleBiblicalN/A
MiquelMaleCatalanMichael
MyghalMaleCornishMichael
MichaelMaleCzechN/A
MichaelaFemaleCzechMichael
MichalMaleCzechMichael
MichaelMaleEnglishN/A
MichaelaFemaleEnglishMichael
MichealMaleEnglishMichael
MichelleFemaleEnglishMichael
MickMaleEnglishMichael
MickeyMaleEnglishMick
MikeMaleEnglishMichael
MilesMaleEnglishMichael
MitchellMaleEnglishMichael
MichjoMaleEsperantoMichael
MihhaeloMaleEsperantoMichael
MikeloMaleEsperantoMichael
MikkoMaleFinnishMichael
MichèleFemaleFrenchMichael
MichelMaleFrenchMichael
MichelineFemaleFrenchMichael
MichelleFemaleFrenchMichael
MichaelMaleGermanN/A
MichaelaFemaleGermanMichael
MichelMaleGermanMichael
MikalaMaleHawaiianMichael
MihályMaleHungarianMichael
MícheálMaleIrishMichael
MicaelaFemaleItalianMichael
MichelaFemaleItalianMichael
MichelangeloMaleItalianMichael
MicheleMaleItalianMichael
MichelinaFemaleItalianMichael
MykolasMaleLithuanianMichael
MichalMalePolishMichael
MichalinaFemalePolishMichael
MiguelMalePortugueseMichael
MihaelaFemaleRomanianMichael
MihaiMaleRomanianMichael
MihaitaMaleRomanianMichael
MikhailMaleRussianMichael
MikhailaFemaleRussianMichael
MishaMale, FemaleRussianMichael
MikaelMaleScandinavianMichael
MikaelaFemaleScandinavianMichael
MikkelMaleScandinavianMichael
MìchealMaleScottishMichael
MicheilMaleScottishMichael
MihaelMaleSloveneMichael
MiguelMaleSpanishMichael
MikaylaFemaleUkrainianMichael
MikhailoMaleUkrainianMichael
MeicalMaleWelshMichael
MihangelMaleWelshMichael
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Mick

Expression using "Mick": Mick Jagger. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mick

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mick jagger

434

book foley mick tour

13

mick foley

404

mick jagger lyrics

13

mars mick

62

biography jagger mick

12

mick cain

61

gay jagger mick

11

mick fleetwood

56

foley mick wwe

10

mick taylor

55

rolling stone and mick jagger

9

mick

45

india jagger mick

8

hucknall mick

45

mick foley book

8

mick ronson

36

mick thomson

8

mick jones

27

mick brown

8

brumby mick

25

mick sterling

8

mick jagger picture

22

haggerty mick

7

mick jagger photo

20

jag mick

7

mick thompson

19

mick martin

7

mick doohan

18

mick rock

7

mick karn

18

foley.com mick

7

foley mick picture

18

lorrin mick

7

hart mick

16

foley mankind mick

7

foley mick pic

16

bowie david jagger mick

6

fanning mick

15

mick jager

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mick

Language Translations for "Mick"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏إيرلندي (irish). (various references)

   

French

  

Irlandais. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ミシン糸 (automatic transmission, beauty contest to name Miss Xxxxx, crop circle, mediocracy, medium, medium rare, medium size, middy, middy look, midget, midget house, midi, midi communication, midnight, midnight blue, midnight show, MIPS, MIS, miscasting, miserable, misery index, misfortune, misjudgement, mislead, mis-match, misprint, miss, mission, mission school, Missouri, mist, mistake, mister, mistral, misty, misunderstanding, mitochondria, mitt, Mitterrand, mix, mixed doubles, mixed juice, mixed media, Mr, Mrs, Ms., mysterious, mystery, mystery circle, mysticism, mystification, myth, sewing cotton, transvestite). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ミック . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ickmay

   

Romanian

  

Irlandez (bog trotter, irish, irishman, Pat). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Ýrlandalı (Gael, Paddy, Pat). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mick

Derivations

Words beginning with "Mick": mickey, mickeys, mickle, mickler, mickles, micklest, micks. (additional references)

Words ending with "Mick": gimmick. (additional references)

Words containing "Mick": gimmicked, gimmicking, gimmickries, gimmickry, gimmicks, gimmicky, mimicked, mimicker, mimickers, mimicking, ungimmicky. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Mick" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hmci, Hmcic, Imcv, Macek, Mcit, meck, Mecke, Mecky, Menck, mic, micke, Mickle, Micko, micky, Mico, Mikk, Mikki, Mikko, Mishka, Missika. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Mick"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "Mick" (pronounced mi"k)
2-i" kbrick, chick, click, Crick, Dick, flick, handpick, Hick, kick, lick, Nick, nonstick, pic, pick, prick, quick, realpolitik, Rick, schtick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, spic, stick, Strick, thick, tic, tick, trick, Wick.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Mick

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-i-k-m"

-1 letter: ick.

-2 letters: mi.

 Words containing the letters "c-i-k-m"
 

+1 letter: micks.

 

+2 letters: karmic, kimchi, medick, mickey, mickle, umiack.

 

+3 letters: comatik, gimmick, keramic, kimchee, kimchis, limbeck, maffick, medicks, mickeys, mickler, mickles, miscook, miskick, mocking, muckier, muckily, mucking, oomiack, rimrock, stickum, umiacks.

 

+4 letters: chipmuck, chipmunk, comaking, comatiks, comblike, cormlike, dominick, gimcrack, gimmicks, gimmicky, homesick, icemaker, kamacite, keramics, kimchees, kismetic, leukemic, limbecks, limerick, mackinaw, mackling, mafficks, magicked, maverick, micklest, millcake, mimicked, mimicker, miscooks, miskicks, monicker, muckiest, munchkin, mutchkin, nickname, oomiacks, quackism, rimrocks, scumlike, sickroom, smacking, smocking, stickman, stickmen, stickums.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Mick


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 69 63 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ..    -.-.    -.-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101001 01100011 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#105 &#99 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0069 0063 006B

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47756977

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Names: Derived from
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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