noun, verb
noun an informal, often humorous, name for a person that is connected with their real name, their personality or appearance, or with sth they have done
verb [VN-N] [oftenpassive] to give a nickname to sb/sth:
She was nicknamed 'The Ice Queen'.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for nickname is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does nickname appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — nickname appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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