name-calling

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] the act of using rude or insulting words about sb: They were subjected to name-calling and jokes at their expense.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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name-callingEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus name-callingEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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