Dictionary Check: nickname
"nickname" is a valid word!
Scrabble
16
points
Words with Friends
20
points
Definition
noun
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Example:
"Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
noun
a descriptive name for a place or thing
Example:
"the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is ‘Old Ironsides’"
verb
give a nickname to
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