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Definition of Nickname
Nickname

A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

Related Definitions:
An, Appellation, By, Call, Contempt, Derision, Familiar, Familiarity, Give, Given, In, Name, Nickname, Opprobrious, Or, Sportive, To


Nickname Quotations

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.
Thomas Paine

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
William Hazlitt

John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing.
John Legend

My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big.
Satchel Paige

I thought it was pretty good to be mentioned in a big paper, so I decided to keep the nickname.
Dick Lane

Nickname Translations

nickname in French is surnom
nickname in German is Spitzname
nickname in Italian is nomignolo
nickname in Spanish is apodo


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