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Definition of nickname verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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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