Definition
To ridicule or mock.
Origins
Possibly from Cockney rhyming slang “to take the Mickey Bliss” (for take the piss).
In Context
- "Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in."
- "For the last eight years, taking the mickey out of George Bush has been great, victimless fun. Like taking candy from babies or shooting aquatically-challenged fish in size-challenged barrels."
Also Said As
- take the piss
- befool
- chaff
- disparage
- forgab
- frump
- gleek
- jape
- jeer
- jibe
- josh
- kid
- lampoon
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- niggle
- razz
- rib
- roast
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- slag
- tease
- twit
- bust on
- extract the urine
- clown around
- make a fool of
- make fun of
- make sport of
- poke fun at
- take the piss