Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse

adjective \ˈmi-kē-ˈmau̇s\

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>

Examples of MICKEY MOUSE

1. The company is just a Mickey Mouse operation.
2. <a woman who at town meetings insists on airing every little Mickey Mouse concern she has>

Origin of MICKEY MOUSE

Mickey Mouse, cartoon character created by Walt Disney

First Known Use: 1930

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

Related Words

jerkwater, one-horse; nickel-and-dime, paltry, petty, small-time, worthless; anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown

Near Antonyms

decisive, fatal, fateful; chief, dominant, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, principal; distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable; valuable, worthwhile, worthy; distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, preeminent, prestigious; famous, notorious, renowned; all-important, basic, essential, fundamental, key

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

Mickey Mouse

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, Ub Iwerks. Noted for his overlarge head and round black ears, he became the star of more than 100 cartoon shorts. The Mickey Mouse Club was one of the most popular television shows for children in the U.S. in the 1950s, and the signature black cap with mouse ears worn by the show's stars became one of the most widely distributed items in merchandising history.