nickname
noun
a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity.
will nickname
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future tenseof nickname.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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If Bill keeps this up very long they will nickname him Barnum.
From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Barney Stone
But it teaches one to see at least that if nobody else will nickname one’s children, the parents will e’en do it themselves.”
From Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Henry Morley
