First Known Use: 1930
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Mickey Mouse
adjective \ˈmi-kē-ˈmau̇s\
: not deserving to be taken seriously : having little value or importance
Full Definition of MICKEY MOUSE
1
: too easy, small, ineffective, or unimportant to be taken seriously <Mickey Mouse courses> <a Mickey Mouse operation>
2
: being or performing insipid or corny popular music
3
: annoyingly petty <Mickey Mouse regulations>
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Origin of MICKEY MOUSE
Mickey Mouse, cartoon character created by Walt Disney
Related to MICKEY MOUSE
- Synonyms
- fiddling, foolish, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, unimportant, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, small, small-fry, trifling, trivial
- Antonyms
- big, consequential, eventful, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty
Rhymes with MICKEY MOUSE
barrelhouse, bawdy house, boardinghouse, body louse, cat and mouse, clearinghouse, coffeehouse, countinghouse, country house, customhouse, halfway house, house-to-house, jumping mouse, kilogauss, Lévi-Strauss, manor house, meetinghouse, milligauss, motherhouse, on the house, open house, opera house, overblouse, packinghouse, pilothouse, pocket mouse, porterhouse, powerhouse, shotgun house, slaughterhouse, sporting house, station house, sucking louse, sugarhouse, summerhouse, tiring-house, tower house, treasure-house, Westinghouse
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