[nik-neym] 
noun, verb, -named, -nam⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
| nick·name (nĭk'nām') n.
[Middle English neke name, from a neke name, alteration of an eke name : eke, addition (from Old English ēaca; see aug- in Indo-European roots) + name, name; see name.] nick'nam'er n. |
