throw a mickey

verb

To have a tantrum.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

verbthrow a mickey (third-person singular simple present throws a mickey, present participle throwing a mickey, simple past threw a mickey, past participle thrown a mickey)

present singular third person throws a mickey · participle present throwing a mickey · past threw a mickey · participle past thrown a mickey · alternative chuck a mickey

  1. AustraliaTo have a tantrum.First known use 20th c.

    ‘You're like all southerners, and by southerners I mean anyone below the tropic. They throw a mickey the first time they cop it.’

    1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 139
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