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nickname

[ nik-neym ]

noun

  1. a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity:

    He has always loathed his nickname of 鈥淲hizzer.鈥

  2. a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.


verb (used with object)

nicknamed, nicknaming.
  1. to give a nickname to (a person, town, etc.); call by a nickname.
  2. Archaic. to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.

nickname

/ 藞苍瑟办藢苍别瑟尘 /

noun

  1. a familiar, pet, or derisory name given to a person, animal, or place

    his nickname was Lefty because he was left-handed

  2. a shortened or familiar form of a person's name

    Joe is a nickname for Joseph

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to call by a nickname; give a nickname to
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍颈肠办顎僴补尘顎卐谤 noun
  • 耻苍路苍颈肠办顎僴补尘别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nickname1

1400鈥50; late Middle English nekename, for ekename (the phrase an ekename being taken as a nekename ). See eke 2, name; newt
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nickname1

C15 a nekename, mistaken division of an ekename an additional name, from eke addition + name
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The caption: 鈥淧OV: Me on my way to HR yet again for nicknaming my co-worker 鈥楾ariff鈥 for costing the company more than they鈥檙e worth.鈥

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The club - nicknamed the Bees - have already captured the imagination this season by reaching the FA Cup second round for the first time and having former Brazilian international Sandro play for them.

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The nickname, shortened to Wink after he got into radio, stuck 鈥 with one exception.

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Trapped at the center of the action is a character that bears more than a passing resemblance to the author: an emotionally unmoored upper-class kid who goes by the nickname El poeta 鈥 the Poet.

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The region of just over 422,000 grew alongside Detroit - nicknamed Motor City for its role as an auto manufacturing hub - turning the region into an important centre for North American automobile production.

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