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nickname

/ˈnɪkˌneɪm/ · 8 letters · 7 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

    Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph

  2. noun

    a descriptive name for a place or thing

    the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is ‘Old Ironsides’

  3. verb

    give a nickname to

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