nickname

/nik-neym/US // ˈnɪkˌneɪm //UK // (ˈnɪkˌneɪm) //

外号,混名,别名

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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.”
- : a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.

v.有主动词 verb

1
nick·named, nick·nam·ing.
- : to give a nickname to; call by a nickname.
- : Archaic. to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.

nouninformal title

Forms: nicknames

Synonyms

India is known as “the pharmacy of the world,” and the nickname is well-deserved.
I would tell people that my name was Tammy, which is funny, because while they actually gave me that nickname in not such a flattering way, but I hated that I had a boy’s name, but now it makes me different and so I love it.
This, of course, is applicable for Gear Moms and nonparents, too—I just invented this hack, and Gear Dad is my nickname at the Outside offices.
Some cities like Escondido, Rancho Peñasquitos and Santee have derogatory or naughty nicknames, but “Border City” is not – and has not ever been – a thing.
She gives Charlie not only a gorgeous sweater and other swag but the inimitable nicknames “cockring” and “stepson.”
Her style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.
My nickname was Captain, though I was a private, first class.
All would attest to the manifest goodness that inspired the perfect nickname for the boy who would become a perfect cop.
In Vietnam, Lewis was advisor to a Vietnamese infantry unit, whose nickname for him was “Captain of Many Kilos.”
His nickname, given to him at the Battle of Gettysburg and which he kept for the rest of his life, was Stonewall Jim.
This last appellation was but a nickname of the tribe, which was properly called Wendot or Wyandot.

/nik-neym/US // ˈnɪkˌneɪm //UK // (ˈnɪkˌneɪm) //

外号,混名,别名

n.名词 noun

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.”
- : a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.

v.有主动词 verb

1
nick·named, nick·nam·ing.
- : to give a nickname to; call by a nickname.
- : Archaic. to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.

nouninformal title

Forms: nicknames

Synonyms

India is known as “the pharmacy of the world,” and the nickname is well-deserved.
I would tell people that my name was Tammy, which is funny, because while they actually gave me that nickname in not such a flattering way, but I hated that I had a boy’s name, but now it makes me different and so I love it.
This, of course, is applicable for Gear Moms and nonparents, too—I just invented this hack, and Gear Dad is my nickname at the Outside offices.
Some cities like Escondido, Rancho Peñasquitos and Santee have derogatory or naughty nicknames, but “Border City” is not – and has not ever been – a thing.
She gives Charlie not only a gorgeous sweater and other swag but the inimitable nicknames “cockring” and “stepson.”
Her style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.
My nickname was Captain, though I was a private, first class.
All would attest to the manifest goodness that inspired the perfect nickname for the boy who would become a perfect cop.
In Vietnam, Lewis was advisor to a Vietnamese infantry unit, whose nickname for him was “Captain of Many Kilos.”
His nickname, given to him at the Battle of Gettysburg and which he kept for the rest of his life, was Stonewall Jim.
This last appellation was but a nickname of the tribe, which was properly called Wendot or Wyandot.