(n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
(v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
Example Sentences:
(1) By the 1860s, French designs were using larger front wheels and steel frames, which although lighter were more rigid, leading to its nickname of “boneshaker”.
(2) Nickname: SuperSarko the Omnipresident Quote: "What made me who I am now is the sum of all the humiliations suffered during childhood."
(3) (Observer, June 2013) Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet , 40 Current job: MP Nicknames: The harpist, "Madame Condescendante" (Bertrand Delanoë), "L'emmerdeuse" (Pain in the neck – Jacques Chirac) Campaign slogan: Une nouvelle énergie pour les Parisiens (A new energy for Parisians) Born: Paris Family: Daughter of a local mayor, granddaughter of a former French ambassador and great-granddaughter of one of the founder members of the French Communist party.
(4) Now 7, Jackson said the boy, nicknamed Blanket as a baby, was his biological child born from a surrogate mother.
(5) In the original exchange, Scudamore warned Nick West, a City lawyer who works with the Premier League on broadcasting deals, to keep a female colleague they nicknamed Edna “off your shaft”.
(6) The Tories will try to stick him with the nickname 'Bottler Brown'.
(7) Barra’s main rivals in the single-speed category were Willo and a rider nicknamed Neu York, representing the Gorilla Smash Squad.
(8) Nicknamed Mr 10 Percent, Zardari spent several years in prison under previous administrations.
(9) But as Brigitte goes on to explain, Bordeaux laboured for decades under the nickname La Belle Endormie – sleeping beauty.
(10) Across town in Le Central restaurant, nicknamed Hollande's canteen, the atmosphere is jovial.
(11) His deputy, Dokuchayev, is believed to be a well-known Russian hacker who went by the nickname Forb, and began working for the FSB some years ago to evade jail for his hacking activities.
(12) Nicknamed “Mr Padre”, the left-hander had a 20-year career in Major League Baseball , all of it with San Diego.
(13) Burns' ability to ride out a storm earned him the nickname "Teflon Terry".
(14) A former Socialist party leader, he is a jovial, wise-cracking believer in consensus politics, who aides say never loses his rag and who so hates fights that he was once nicknamed "the marshmallow" within his own party, or "Flanby", after a wobbly caramel pudding.
(15) The best-known editions are the military versions covered in red plastic and shrunk to fit the pocket of an army uniform – hence the book's nickname in the west.
(16) When the old BBC governors – a system of governance that essentially dated back to 1922 – was dismantled in 2006 the outcry that there might be something quickly nicknamed Ofbeeb was deafening.
(17) Even the nickname given to him of Monsieur Flanby, after a caramel pudding, over his perceived wobbly political views, lost its relevance as he elaborated his programme.
(18) Since becoming Denmark's first female prime minister two years ago, Thorning-Schmidt has had to contend with the media nickname of "Gucci Helle", so called because of her fondness for designer clothes.
(19) Xinhua, Beijing’s official news service, said Micius, a 600kg satellite that is nicknamed after an ancient Chinese philosopher, “roared into the dark sky” over the Gobi desert at 1.40am local time on Tuesday, carried by a Long March-2D rocket.
(20) While it was always possible to wash down the superb Rhodesian beef with fine Portuguese and South African wines at several hotels, Salisbury had difficulty living up to its nickname of Surbiton in the Bush.
Trey
Definition:
(n.) Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips.
Example Sentences:
(1) After an observation period of 1 month, bacteria were found on the pulpal wall in two out of 10 cavities beneath Fluoritec and four out of 10 cavities beneath Durelon solid mixed, De Trey phosphate cement solid or creamy mixed.
(2) Republican committee member Trey Gowdy, of South Carolina,asked the witness about his name.
(3) A cell culture method has been used to study the effect of zinc phosphate cement (De Trey's Zinc Zement Improved), zinc silicophosphate cement (Fluoro-Thin) and polycarboxylate cement (Durelon) on animal cells.
(4) 5 The Ring Writer Trey Parker forays into teen chastity; it weaves in a foul-mouthed, sadistic Mickey Mouse.
(5) Chaffetz told the AP that Representative Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, would conduct any congressional oversight hearings into the matter.
(6) Updated at 10.17pm BST 10.06pm BST Trey Gowdy, R-SC, acquits himself of an echoing cri de coeur: To the families, we're going to find out what happened in Benghazi and I don't give a damn whose careers are impacted.
(7) But then I went on tour with Trey Songz and saw him do it, and I got really competitive!"
(8) First he entered the Republican primary as a rank outsider against the establishment figure of Trey Grayson, a protege of powerful Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell.
(9) Matt Stone and Trey Parker's The Book of Mormon broke sales records and scooped up nine Tony awards in 2011, while classic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar has enjoyed various revivals since it debuted in 1970.
(10) Republican representative Trey Gowdy, chairman of the committee to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks, has accused Clinton of trying to escape scrutiny with the server.
(11) Trey Lyles scored 18 points and Gordon Hayward had 17 for the Jazz, who were eliminated from playoff contention shortly before tipoff by Houston’s win over the Sacramento Kings.
(12) Four different endodontic pastes were used: Cloropercha, AH26 De Trey, Eugenol-Endometasone, and Universal N2.
(13) In an ADA experiment on the protective qualities of a new polyurethane varnish (D-520 Bayer) 72 class 5 cavities were prepared on 3 monkeys and treated by the following 4 methods: -- 18 silicate cement (Bio-Trey) with varnish -- 18 silicate cement (Bio-Trey) without varnish -- 18 composite (Adaptic) fillings with varnish -- 18 composite (Adaptic) fillings without varnish.
(14) I thought using one device would be simpler, and obviously, it hasn’t worked out that way.” Trey Gowdy, the Republican congressman leading the latest inquiry into the deadly attack on a US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, claims to have discovered significant gaps in a cache of Clinton’s emails that he had received.
(15) The group, through its website Revolutionmuslim.com, had reacted to last week's episode of South Park which first depicted Muhammad dressed as a bear by saying its originators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, "will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh".
(16) On Sunday the Kansas City Star reported that the couple had argued after Perkins returned late from a Trey Songz concert, citing an unnamed friend as their source.
(17) South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said they will refrain from “mocking everybody in government” in future episodes.
(18) We couldn't have asked for a better time to welcome him," said Black Hat general manager Trey Ford.
(19) Like Matt Groenig, creator of The Simpsons , or Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the men behind South Park , MacFarlane attacks conventional propriety from every angle, but gets away with it by disguising the assault inside a slapstick cartoon genre.
(20) However, the night before the wedding she is confronted with Trey's impotence.