Name-call

Quick meaning: Name-call is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, ditransitive) Synonym of call names (“to use (offensive or derogatory names, labels, or insults) against (someone), typically to demean or attack them verbally”).

Meaning

(ambitransitive, ditransitive) Synonym of call names (“to use (offensive or derogatory names, labels, or insults) against (someone), typically to demean or attack them verbally”).

Example Sentences

Mr. [Rupert] Murdoch also used his Twitter account to graphically name-call celebrities in Britain who were advocating laws to curb invasions of privacy, but that tweet has been removed from his timeline.

The other side can label and name-call all they want, but I trust the American people to recognize that it is not surrender to end the war in Iraq so that we can rebuild our military and go after Al Qaida's leaders.

“You might hear some noise out there, and people who show up from places like California from seven months ago, who want to name-call me this or that,” Mr. [Sam] Brown told attendees, according to a recording obtained by The New York Times.

Word Forms

• name-calls
• name-calling
• name-called
• namecall

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include insult, invective, abuse, praising, complimenting, honoring.

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