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mickey finn

Mick·ey Finn
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mik-ee fin]
    • /ˈmɪk i fɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mik-ee fin]
    • /ˈmɪk i fɪn/

Definitions of mickey finn words

  • noun plural mickey finn Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless. 1
  • noun plural mickey finn (often lowercase). Also, micky. a potato, especially a roasted Irish potato. 1
  • noun plural mickey finn a male or female given name. 1
  • adjective mickey finn (sometimes lowercase) mickey mouse. 1
  • noun mickey finn a drink containing a drug to make the drinker unconscious, usually formed by the combination of chloral hydrate and alcohol. It can be poisonous 0
  • noun mickey finn the drug itself 0

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Origin of mickey finn

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
1925-30, Americanism; Mick (see Mick) + -ey2

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Parts of speech for Mickey finn

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mickey finn popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for mickey finn

noun mickey finn

  • peter — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
  • chloral hydrate — a colourless crystalline soluble solid produced by the reaction of chloral with water and used as a sedative and hypnotic; 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol. Formula: CCl3CH(OH)2
  • mickey — Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless.

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