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[ noun ] a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Synonyms Examples "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph" "Henry's nickname was Slim" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)Because of this he was known_as Gimpy ( but , as with Capone and his nickname of Scarface , never in his presence ) . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a descriptive name for a place or thing
Examples "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'" Related terms |
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