In slang|lang=en terms the difference between lobster and mickey
is that lobster is (slang) an australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour while mickey is (slang) a mickey finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
As nouns the difference between lobster and mickey
is that lobster is a crustacean of the family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood while mickey is (slang) a mickey finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
As an adjective lobster
is red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
As a verb lobster
is to fish for lobsters.
As a proper noun mickey is
a diminutive of the male given names michael, mike or mick.
lobster
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
Noun
A crustacean of the family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
(historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Synonyms
* (British soldier ) lobsterback, redcoat
Hyponyms
* (crustacean in Palinuridae) cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster
Derived terms
* bight lobster
* furry lobster
* globster
* lobsterback
* lobster caterpillar
* lobsterer
* lobsterette
* lobsterish
* lobsterlike
* lobster louse
* lobsterman
* lobster pot
* lobster pound
* lobster shift
* lobster thermidor
* lobstery
* Norway lobster
* reef lobster
* rock lobster
* slipper lobster
* spiny lobster
* squat lobster
* true lobster
See also
* crawfish
* crayfish
* prawn
* shrimp
* yabby
* (pedia)
Verb
(
en verb)
To fish for lobsters.
Anagrams
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mickey
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(chiefly, Canada, informal) A small bottle of liquor, holding 375 ml or 13 , typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
* While you're at the liquor store, can you pick up another mickey of rye?
(slang) A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
(slang) American depression era term for a potato as in a "roasted mickey".
* We roasted mickeys over a fire with two foot sticks.
(Cockney rhyming slang) piss, shortened and more commonly used form of Mickey Bliss.
(computing) The resolution of a mouse, used as a unit of length.
Derived terms
* Texas mickey
Related terms
* See take the mickey
