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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

In May 1943 a musician with the birth name McKinley Morganfield and the nickname Muddy Waters boarded a train in Clarksdale, Mississippi. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 In a Mexican family where several women shared the same name, nicknames were inevitable. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 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

Such is the same case for N3on, the digital moniker of 21-year-old Mikyle Rafiq.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Beta has put in the legwork, sourcing enlightening testimony from figures including Maupin and Alice’s great-nephew Steven Ellison, better known by his producer-musician moniker, Flying Lotus.

— Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of moniker

Verb

The Fort Worth City Council approved a $125 million incentive package for the project in June 2025, followed by an October 2025 vote to rename the street in front of the development in its honor.

— Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
The company had announced plans to separate its DVD-by-mail business from streaming and rename the DVD service Qwikster.

— Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of rename

Noun

Communism is so dead in most of the world that using ‘communist’ as a political epithet sounds almost quaint.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Social media has teemed with unsavory videos of Argentinean misbehavior in the stadiums, including fans hurling racial epithets at a Black American influencer and showering Egyptians with beer.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

Definition of epithet

Noun

The sighting comes after Suri, who is studying musical theater at Carnegie Melon’s School of Drama, legally removed Cruise as her last name in Pennsylvania and changed her surname to Noelle, Katie’s middle name.

— Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 Aug. 2026
The decision to adopt it in the place of Cruise’s surname might suggest a desire to honor her mother.

— Alessia Ferri, Vanity Fair, 30 July 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

Kansas law also specifies that your employer cannot count your usual lunch break toward these two hours.

— Rashad Alexander August 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
The affidavit stated there were two victims but redacted their identities and did not specify which attacks were committed on which child.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Definition of specify

Verb

Spend the day at a Marbella beach club With many of Marbella’s beaches boasting a Blue Flag (a sustainability certification that denotes clean, safe and responsibly managed waters), spending a day at a beach club should be high on your list.

— Jennifer Fernández Solano, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The system relies on five microelectrode arrays surgically installed in Thomas’ brain, which machine learning algorithms then interpret brain signals denoting movement with nearly 85 percent accuracy.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

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