 nickname |
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| 1. | [ verb ] give a nickname to | |
| Synonyms: | dub | |
| Related terms: | name | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | |
| Synonyms: | cognomen sobriquet soubriquet moniker | |
| Examples: | "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph" "Henry's nickname was Slim" |
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| Related terms: | appellation dub | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a descriptive name for a place or thing | |
| Examples: | "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'" |
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| Related terms: | name | |
| Similar spelling: |
Niskanen |
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