nickname
verb/ˈnɪkneɪm/
/ˈnɪkneɪm/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they nickname | /ˈnɪkneɪm/ /ˈnɪkneɪm/ |
| he / she / it nicknames | /ˈnɪkneɪmz/ /ˈnɪkneɪmz/ |
| past simple nicknamed | /ˈnɪkneɪmd/ /ˈnɪkneɪmd/ |
| past participle nicknamed | /ˈnɪkneɪmd/ /ˈnɪkneɪmd/ |
| -ing form nicknaming | /ˈnɪkneɪmɪŋ/ /ˈnɪkneɪmɪŋ/ |
- nickname somebody/something + noun to give a nickname to somebody/something
- She was nicknamed ‘The Ice Queen’.
Extra Examples- He was nicknamed ‘Stretch’ because he was so tall.
- Her family kept bees, so we nicknamed her ‘Buzz’.
- The golfer was born Eldrick Woods, but nicknamed ‘Tiger’ from childhood.
Word Originlate Middle English: from an eke-name (eke meaning ‘addition’), misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name.
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