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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnɪkneɪm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈnɪkˌneɪm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nik′nām′)

Inflections of 'nickname' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
nicknames
v 3rd person singular
nicknaming
v pres p
nicknamed
v past
nicknamed
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
nick•name /ˈnɪkˌneɪm/USA pronunciation   n., v., -named, -nam•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a descriptive name added to or used in place of the proper name of a person, place, etc.:Abraham Lincoln's nickname was Honest Abe.
  2. a familiar, informal form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.

v. [~ + object + object]
  1. to give a nickname to;
    call by a nickname:He was nicknamed Honest Abe.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
nick•name  (nik′nām′),USA pronunciation n., v., -named, -nam•ing. 
n. 
  1. a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity:He has always loathed his nickname of "Whizzer.''
  2. a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.

v.t. 
  1. to give a nickname to (a person, town, etc.);
    call by a nickname.
  2. [Archaic.]to call by an incorrect or improper name;
    misname.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English nekename, for ekename (the phrase an ekename being taken as a nekename). See eke2, name; compare newt
nick′nam′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nickname /ˈnɪkˌneɪm/ n
  1. a familiar, pet, or derisory name given to a person, animal, or place
  2. a shortened or familiar form of a person's name: Jo is a nickname for Josephine
 vb
  1. (transitive) to call by a nickname; give a nickname to
Etymology: 15th Century a nekename, mistaken division of an ekename an additional name, from eke addition + name
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