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nick·name
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noun, verb,
nick·named,
nick·nam·ing.
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 “Whizzer.”
2.
a familiar form of a proper name, as
Jim
for
James
and
Peg
for
Margaret.
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verb (used with object)
3.
to give a nickname to (a person, town, etc.); call by a nickname.
4.
Archaic
.
to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
nekename,
for
ekename
(the phrase
an ekename
being taken as
a nekename
).
See
eke
2
,
name
;
compare
newt
Related forms
nick·nam·er,
noun
un·nick·named,
adjective
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