throw a mickey en · VERB
Meanings
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(Australia) To have a tantrum.
‘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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| throws a mickey | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| thrown a mickey | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| chuck a mickey | alternative | lexicographic | |
| threw a mickey | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| throwing a mickey | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |