American English pronunciation
How to pronounce nickname
IPA transcription: ['nɪk,neɪm]
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Noun
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a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
“Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph”
“Henry's nickname was Slim”
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a descriptive name for a place or thing
“the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'”
Verb
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give a nickname to
Usage examples
- He was nicknamed "The Voltaire of the Nile".
- Beefheart gave him the nickname "Drumbo".
- The supporters nicknamed him "Olav Viking".
- He soon earned the nickname the "Keats of Kentucky".
- Only someone like Irma could love Al, whose nickname for Irma was "Chicken".
- He got the nickname Fazola.
- He became known by the nickname "Hard-Hittin'" Mark Whiten.
- The club's nickname is the mastiffs.
- As such, his unit became known as the "Red Devils", a nickname he shared.
- Strindberg and his friends gave her the nickname 'Aspasia'.