Nickname
1Nickname — Nick name , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicknamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nicknaming}.] To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. [1913 Webster] You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. Shak. [1913 Webster] I altogether disclaim what has been… …
2nickname — ick name , n. [OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See {Eke}, and {Name}.] A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a… …
3nickname — ► NOUN ▪ a familiar or humorous name for a person or thing. ► VERB ▪ give a nickname to. ORIGIN from an eke name (eke meaning «addition»: see EKE(Cf. ↑eke)), misinterpreted (by wrong division) as a neke name …
4nickname — [nik′nām΄] n. [< (a)n ekename < ME ekename, surname: see EKE1 & NAME] 1. an additional or substitute name given to a person, place, or thing: usually descriptive and given in fun, affection, or derision, as “Doc,” “Shorty,” etc. 2. a… …
5nickname — index cognomen, sobriquet Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6nickname — (n.) mid 15c., misdivision of ekename (c.1300), an eke name, lit. an additional name, from O.E. eaca an increase, related to eacian to increase (see EKE (Cf. eke); also see N (Cf. N)). As a verb from 1530s. Related: Nicknamed; nicknaming …
7nickname — /ingl. ˈnɪkneɪm/ [vc. ingl., «soprannome»] s. m. inv. (elab., in chat o forum) soprannome, pseudonimo …
8nickname — (izg. nȉknējm) m DEFINICIJA v. nick ETIMOLOGIJA engl …
9nickname — [n] informal title appellation, byname, byword, denomination, diminutive, epithet, familiar name, handle*, label, moniker, pet name*, sobriquet, style, tag*; concepts 268,683 …
10Nickname — Short name redirects here. For the term as it applies to legislation, see short title. Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884 …
