English dictionary
nickname
/'n/I/k,n/eI/m/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
ExamplesJoe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph.
Henry's nickname was Slim.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a descriptive name for a place or thing
ExamplesThe nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
Source: webster1913
verb
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give a nickname to
Synonyms dubSource: WordNet 3.0
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To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
Source: webster1913