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name call

name call is the alternative form of name-call.

Meaning of name-call

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...
    Synonyms:
    call names

Forms of name call

third-person singular presentname calls
present participlename calling
past participlename called
pastname called

Questions about name call

What is name call the alternative form of?
Name call is the alternative form of name-call.

Words near name call in the dictionary

  1. name bindings
  2. name board
  3. name boards
  4. name brand
  5. name brands
  6. name call
  7. name called
  8. name calling
  9. name callings
  10. name calls
  11. name card

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Adapted from Wiktionary: name call (page history and authors); name-call (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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