(n) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, Syn. slew, raft, mint, tidy sum, lot, flock, sight, muckle, plenty, passel, mess, deal, pot, spate, peck, quite a little, stack, wad, mickle, mass, good deal, mountain, great deal, hatful, heap, pile, Example:a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money

catch

(n) a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident, Syn. gimmick, Example:it sounds good but what's the catch?

device

(n) any clever maneuver, Syn. gimmick, twist, Example:he would stoop to any device to win a point; it was a great sales gimmick; a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen

doodad

(n) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known, Syn. doohickey, gismo, gimmick, thingummy, thingmajig, thingmabob, whatchamacallum, gizmo, whatsis, widget, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingumajig, whatchamacallit, gubbins, thingamajig, doojigger, Example:she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket; there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use

jagger

(n) English rock star (born in 1943), Syn. Michael Philip Jagger, Mick Jagger

mantle

(n) United States baseball player (1931-1997), Syn. Mickey Charles Mantle, Mickey Mantle

mimic

(n) someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress), Syn. mimicker

paddy

(n) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent, Syn. Mickey, Mick

spillane

(n) United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918), Syn. Frank Morrison Spillane, Mickey Spillane

waite

(n) United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888), Syn. Morrison R. Waite, Morrison Remick Waite, Morrison Waite

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mickey

n. a person of Irish descent; -- an ethnic slur, offensive and disparaging.
Syn. -- Paddy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Mickle

a. [ OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. me`gas, gen. mega`loy; cf. Skr. mahat. √103. Cf. Much, Muckle, Magnitude. ] Much; great. [ Written also muckle and mockle. ] [ Old Eng. & Scot. ] “A man of mickle might.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mimicker

n. 1. One who mimics; a mimic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An animal which imitates something else, in form or habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Overmickle

a. & adv. Overmuch. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Smicker

v. i. [ Akin to Sw. smickra to flatter, Dan. smigre, and perhaps to G. schmeicheln, and E. smile. Cf. Smicker, a. ] To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smicker

a. [ AS. smicere tasteful, trim. See Smicker, v. ] Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Smickering

n. Amorous glance or inclination. [ Obs. ] “A smickering to our young lady.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smicket

n. [ Dim. of smock. ] A woman's under-garment; a smock. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smickly

adv. Smugly; finically. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stonesmickle

n. (Zool.) The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

米老鼠

[米老鼠, Mǐ lǎo shǔ] Mickey Mouse #34465

积少成多

[积少成多 / 積少成多, jī shǎo chéng duō] Many little things add up to sth great (成语 saw); many a mickle makes a muckle #56640

集腋成裘

[集腋成裘, jí yè chéng qiú] many hairs make a fur coat (成语 saw); many small contributions add up to sth big; many a mickle makes a muckle #113506

少成多

[少成多, shǎo chéng duō] Many little things add up to sth great (成语 saw); many a mickle makes a muckle

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

売り

[うり, uri] (n, n-suf) (1) sale; selling; (n) (2) selling point; gimmick; (n-suf) (3) ~seller; ~vendor; (P) #8598

ミッキー

[mikki-] (n) { comp } mickey #12406

ギミック

[gimikku] (n) gimmick

下手の考え休むに似たり

[へたのかんがえやすむににたり, hetanokangaeyasumuninitari] (exp) (id) It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; Mickle fails that fools think

蟻蜘蛛

[ありぐも;アリグモ, arigumo ; arigumo] (n) (uk) Myrmarachne japonica (species of ant-mimicking spider)

塵も積もれば山と成る

[ちりもつもればやまとなる, chirimotsumorebayamatonaru] (exp) (id) Many a little makes a mickle

追従

[ついじゅう, tsuijuu] (n, vs) following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking; servility

独り相撲;一人相撲

[ひとりずもう, hitorizumou] (exp) (1) fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at; (2) single-person mimicking a wrestling match

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

jdn. auf den Arm nehmen; jdn. auf die Schippe nehmen [ übtr. ]; jdn. veräppeln [ ugs. ]

to pull someone's leg; to take the mickey out of sb.

Ding { n }; Kniff { m }; Trick { m }

gimmick

Dingsbums { n }

dohickey; dojigger; doodad; doohickey; gimmick

Mätzchen { n }; Trickkiste { f }

gimmickry

Schickimicki { m }

trendy goods

technische Vorrichtung { f }; technische Ergänzung { f }; technischer Schnickschnack

gimmick

ahmte nach

mimicked

nachahmend

mimicking

unecht

gimmicky

Kleinvieh macht auch Mist. [ übtr. ]

Many a mickle macks a muckle.

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