To secretly slip drugs into somebody's drink.
Used in a Sentence
mickey
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mickey.
Editorial note
Everyone and their dog knows that Mickey Mouse is a Disney icon, and people give money explicitly to go and see Mickey Mouse at a Disney theme park.
Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
To secretly slip drugs into somebody's drink.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of mickey gathered in one view.
A diminutive of the male given names Michael, Mike or Mick.
A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for mickey.
verb
To secretly slip drugs into somebody's drink.
noun
A diminutive of the male given names Michael, Mike or Mick.
noun
A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.
noun
(US, slang) A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
Example sentences
Everyone and their dog knows that Mickey Mouse is a Disney icon, and people give money explicitly to go and see Mickey Mouse at a Disney theme park.
About companies this is what I think: If Mickey Mouse goes off copyright, sure there would be copycats making Mickey toys and not paying royalties/fees.
The art will also have to use the characterization of Mickey Mouse as he appeared in Steamboat Willie.
Those don't actually have visual depictions of Mickey Mouse...the character itself of Mickey Mouse as a concept would be invoked, and the audience's imagination would have to fill in the visualization.
In fact, it might be funny to just edit Mickey out of Steamboat Willie entirely, and replace him with a digital Oswald.
Example: take a gospel, replace every instance of the word God with Mickey Mouse.
Every time another Mickey Mouse short goes public domain, stick Oswald in there.
If I wanted to write a story or song about Mickey Mouse and sell it, that would be okay.
Steamboat Willie was the first appearance of Mickey Mouse, and it was itself a direct rip-off of Steamboat Bill, a live-acted non-public-domain film.
Let Disney have Mickey Mouse forever, in exchange for lots of recent stuff.
Would definitely be preferable for Disney to pay to keep just Mickey and friends, instead of having them lobbying to extend all copyrights.
At least Disney are actively and heavily working the Mickey Mouse IP.
Quote examples
That doesn't mean that anyone can make "copycat" Mickey Mouse toys, infringing on Disney's trademark.
Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead drummer) composed a number of pieces using "sounds from space" including pulsars and EM transpositions.
Copyright does not stop you from using the name "Mickey Mouse" for anything.
"Mickey D's first introduced a lobster roll — then called the "McLobster" — nationally in 1993" [1] IMO, no one reads that and assumes that McDs invented the lobster roll.
Proper noun examples
Then, just when it looks like you might take Mickey, too, you plop Oswald down in his place.
Mickey Mouse just so happens to be the most visible target, well, other than Happy Birthday.
Mickey Mouse) in many different media (films, TV, music, comics, books, merchandise, Disneyland).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use mickey in a sentence?
Everyone and their dog knows that Mickey Mouse is a Disney icon, and people give money explicitly to go and see Mickey Mouse at a Disney theme park.
What does mickey mean?
To secretly slip drugs into somebody's drink.
What part of speech is mickey?
mickey is commonly used as verb, noun.