nickname

Definition:
1. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
2. A descriptive name for a place or thing.
3. Give a nickname to.

Use 'nickname' in a sentence:

1. The shadow nickname is then dropped.
2. Red got his nickname for his red hair.
3. So, one of its nicknames is The Second City.
4. Although many of Hillsdale's students came from wealthy households, by the late 1990s average test scores were sliding and it had earned the unaffectionate nickname "Hillsjail".
5. These rules provide more detailed information about the relationships and restrictions that exist on the columns of a nickname.
6. To this he owed his nickname of “ Fatty ”.
7. The gene the team identified is called ABCC9 and has been nicknamed the "Thatcher3 gene" in honor of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, famous for needing as little as four hours of sleep a night.
8. By the second day, they had given her a nickname which made her furious.
9. This massive space telescope is what it takes to detect the Universe's best kept secrets – neutrinos – also nicknamed ‘ ghost particles'.
10. The government created a second such institution called—and they gave it a boy's name with a nickname—Freddie Mac.
11. Lucky is the nickname of Tad at the school.
12. A key one to watch in Para swimming is Jiang Yuyan, nicknamed the 'flying fish', who in making her debut at 16 is the youngest of China's team.
13. The other children taunted him with nicknames.
14. To this he owed his nickname of “Fatty”.
15. They are supporting both aged parents and unemployed young-adult children, earning them the unlucky nickname "Generation Squeeze".
16. She delighted in the nickname, the 'iron lady'.
17. I think their nickname is "Boris Bikes" cause the mayor Boris Johnson set up the scheme.
18. When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf.
19. She professed to hate her nickname.
20. And the Lark was a nickname.
21. Which newspaper was once nicknamed The Thunderer?
22. A thousand trees have been pre-selected to rebuild the roof, nicknamed 'the forest' for its sheer number of rafters.
23. To this he owned his nickname of.
24. Many Viking men also had nicknames.
25. Wang likes this nickname.
26. Her nickname "Sarah Barracuda" is mainly derived from her aggressive and aggressive character in the Wasilla High School basketball team.
27. She called me by my nickname.
28. The fourth kind of surname was nickname.
29. She asked her brother Charlie, whose nickname is "Tech Support", to find such an app.
30. People said that he had jaundice and urchins nicknamed him "Yellow Fellow."
31. Always sign with your (entire) real name, not some wacky nickname like Ry-Ry or Biff.
32. The king got the nickname of Grisly-beard.
33. The Ricci map gained the nickname the "Impossible Black Tulip of Cartography" because it was so hard to find.
34. He tried to amuse her by calling her the affectionate nicknames "Dark Sweetie" and "Miss Chocolate."
35. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians matriarch has just filed legal documents to trademark the word "momager" and embracing a nickname that has stuck ever since her family's rise to fame.
36. Why do you fasten such a nickname on her?
37. I never knew he had such a nickname.
38. He is nicknamed 〝 young tiger 〞.
39. Weightlifting fans nickname Li's move the "flamingo".
40. The nickname comes from the Chinese word for returnees, haiguipai, a homonym for sea turtles.
41. You can now reference the nickname in your application as if it were a local table.
42. Parents in the countryside prefer to give nicknames including Gou Sheng and Gou Dan to their kids in the hope that they are as easy to be raised as dogs.
43. It was a nickname they used to speak about him among themselves, without attracting attention.
44. His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still.
45. You've been talking about your pronunciation not your nickname.
46. Example: After one Ukrainian woman gained international notoriety for her transformation into a "living doll", at least two more have surfaced as devotees of the beauty trend, nicknamed the "Barbie flu".
47. In short, Venus seems to justify its long-held nickname of earth's twin.
48. Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel's nickname for the baby.
49. We can also see the result set of the store procedure by selecting from the nickname.
50. She was nicknamed ‘ The Ice Queen ’.
51. Now nicknamed Bertie, he's visited more than half a dozen times in the last fortnight.
52. The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.