nickname
['nikneim]
n. 绰号, 昵

vt. ...绰号, 错

[] 绰号



nickname
[ noun ]

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

<noun.communication>
Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph
Henry's nickname was Slim

2. a descriptive name for a place or thing

<noun.communication>
the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'

[ verb ]

1. give a nickname to

<verb.communication> dub

Nickname \Nick"name`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicknamed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Nicknaming}.]
To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.
--Shak.

I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the
doctrine of finality. --Macaulay.


nickname \nick"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 familiar or an
opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick.
[1913 Webster +PJC]