nickname

Example Sentences

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Once the game started Jackson lived up to a nickname given to him because he runs everywhere, including out of his house in the mornings and around the corner to his nearby school.

From Los Angeles Times

They nicknamed it "El Niño de Navidad" - Christ Child in Spanish.

From BBC

Called Nebula PMR 1, the object has a striking appearance that resembles a brain inside a transparent skull, which is why it has been nicknamed the "Exposed Cranium" nebula.

From Science Daily

Every type of artillery had a nickname—toad, monkey, bee—as did every piece of equipment and every type of transportation, and sometimes the French slang terms were different entirely from the English ones.

From Literature

The birds have a number of nicknames, with the most unusual being 'the goatsucker'.

From BBC