Associations to the word «Nickname»

Wiktionary

NICKNAME, noun. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
NICKNAME, noun. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
NICKNAME, verb. (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

Dictionary definition

NICKNAME, 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"; "Henry's nickname was Slim".
NICKNAME, noun. A descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'".
NICKNAME, verb. Give a nickname to.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.