mickey mouse

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ˈmɪk i ˈmau̇s/
- /ˈmɪk.i maʊs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈmɪk i ˈmau̇s/

Definitions of mickey mouse words

adjective mickey mouse trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music. 1
adjective mickey mouse useless, insignificant, or worthless: mickey mouse activities just to fill up one's time. 1
adjective mickey mouse trivial or petty: mickey mouse regulations. 1
adjective mickey mouse You use Mickey Mouse to show that you think something is silly, childish, easy, or worthless. 0
adjective mickey mouse ineffective; trivial; insignificant 0
adjective mickey mouse (of music, esp that of dance bands) mechanical or spiritless 0

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Origin of mickey mouse

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35; after the animated cartoon character created by Walt Disney, orig. with reference to the banal dance-band music played as background to the cartoons

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Parts of speech for Mickey mouse

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mickey mouse popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for mickey mouse

adj mickey mouse

chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
shoddy — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
tacky — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
glitzy — pretentiously or tastelessly showy: a glitzy gown.
rinky-dink — inconsequential, amateurish, or of generally inferior quality; small-time: a rinky-dink college; He plays with some rinky-dink team.

All 5 Synonyms of mickey mouse