how to pronounce mickey

/ˈmɪkiː/

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mickey is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of mickey in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Kathy Montgomery and her dog Mickey have …”

meanings of mickey

noun:

A potato.
The resolution of a mouse: the smallest measurable distance it can move the cursor, used as a unit of length.
A well-known honeyeater, the Noisy Miner, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia.
A small bottle of liquor, holding 375 ml or 13 oz., typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
Piss, shortened and more commonly used form of Mickey Bliss.
A young bull, especially one that is unbranded and running wild.
A 375-milliliter (13.2 imperial fluid ounce; 12.7 US fl oz) bottle of liquor, such as whiskey.
A Catholic.
The vagina.
The penis.

name:

A diminutive of the male given names Michael, Mike or Mick.
A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.

verb:

To secretly slip drugs into somebody's drink.

mickey frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word mickey occurs in english on average 6.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.