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name-call

name-call verb: synonym of call names (“to use (offensive or derogatory names, labels, or insults) against (someone), typically to demean or attack them verbally”).

Verb

name-call (third-person singular simple present name-calls, present participle name-calling, simple past and past participle name-called)

  1. (ambitransitive, ditransitive) Synonym of call names (“to use (offensive or derogatory names, labels, or insults) against (someone), typically to demean or attack them verbally”).
    • 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.2008 May 7, Barack Obama, “Transcript: Senator Obama's remarks in North Carolina”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09...
    • 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.2012 October 16, David Carr, “News Corporation Shareholders Meeting: Much Ado Might Not Add Up to Much”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
    Synonyms:
    call names

Synonyms of name-call

Forms of name-call

third-person singular presentname-calls
present participlename-calling
past participlename-called
pastname-called
alternative formname call
alternative formnamecall

Questions about name-call

What does name-call mean?
Name-call means synonym of call names (“to use (offensive or derogatory names, labels, or insults) against (someone), typically to demean or attack them verbally”).
What part of speech is name-call?
Name-call is a verb.
What is the past tense of name-call?
The past tense of name-call is name-called.

Words near name-call in the dictionary

  1. name-based type system
  2. name-based type systems
  3. name-bearing type
  4. name-bearing types
  5. name-book
  6. name-call
  7. name-called
  8. name-caller
  9. name-callers
  10. name-calling
  11. name-callings

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