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namecalling

namecalling is the alternative form of name-calling.

namecalling is the present participle and gerund of namecall.

Meaning of name-calling

Noun

name-calling (countable and uncountable, plural name-callings)

  1. The use of derogatory labels in verbal attacks on a person or other entity.
    • So inflammatory were the words of some preachers during these trying years that a resolution to silence, by mayoral proclamation, a continuation of name-calling from the pulpit was presented to the city council by one would-be pacifier.1940, Bessie Louise Pierce, A History of Chicago, volume 2, page 389

Forms of namecalling

pluralnamecallings

Questions about namecalling

What is namecalling the alternative form of?
Namecalling is the alternative form of name-calling.

Words near namecalling in the dictionary

  1. nameboards
  2. namebook
  3. namebooks
  4. namecall
  5. namecalled
  6. namecalling
  7. namecallings
  8. namecalls
  9. namechanger
  10. namechangers
  11. namecheck

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