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noun

ˈnik-ˌnām

Definition of nickname

as in moniker

a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual his wavy hair earned him the nickname "Curly" early in life

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Recent Examples of nickname

Noun

His daughter Angela West said farming had been part of her father’s life long before Kansas City knew his nickname. — Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Hig nicknames her The Beast, which seems more of an inner monologue moniker. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

Lunar Outpost's rover, nicknamed Pegasus, is lighter and can travel about three mph faster. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 May 2026 The whale, affectionately nicknamed Timmy, was rescued and subsequently stranded several times during his stint in the public eye. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for nickname

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Noun

The moniker of the Ploughman is a reference to William Langland’s poem Piers Plowman, which predates the Peasants’ Revolt.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
If the two Death Valleys required decades of heat, winning, noise, folklore and linguistic drift to establish their names, another of college football’s most enduring monikers arrived with far less mystery.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of moniker

Verb

The state of Tennessee has announced plans to rename the Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton following the death of the country legend earlier this week.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Online mapping service MapQuest joined the conversation by inviting users to rename the lake themselves.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of rename

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The raid drew criticism over separating families, and a group of Idahoans sued, saying officers hurled racial epithets and largely withheld water, food, bathrooms and medical care.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026
Hochman detailed a number of prosecutions, including the sentence of one man to a life sentence plus seven years with the possibility of parole for a March 23 attack, during which racial epithets were uttered.

— City News Service, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of epithet

Noun

To try to get around this rule, one organization is hosting matchmaking events for people with the same surname.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Cyrus then offered a little history lesson of his own, recalling a time when he was known simply by his surname before his 1992 breakthrough hit.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of surname

Verb

In some cases, police and lawyers inflict further harm by misgendering and misnaming victims.

— Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
In some editions, a story that began on the cover about the central SoMa development lawsuit settlement misnamed a nonprofit developer hoping to build affordable housing in South of Market.

— SFChronicle.com, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2019

Definition of misname

Verb

The report didn’t specify the cause of the deaths, but said that the rain triggered landslides and other disasters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Isar officials did not immediately specify the exact altitude and inclination of the Spectrum rocket’s final orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of specify

Verb

In their view, the image separating the letters Π and Ι from Λ, Α, Τ and Ο denoted two separate words.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
In the past, Reputation has always been denoted by the color black, but during the Eras Tour, Swift famously only wore a black and red bodysuit during the Reputation set of the show.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026

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