street name

Noun

street name (plural street names)

1. The slang term for a drug when it is traded as a street drug.
   • They said they'd never heard of medetomidine, but when the cop referred to it by its street name — rhino tranq — their ears perked up.
   • Ecstasy is the commercially inspired American street name of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine), a unique psychostimulant drug with both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.2001, Andrew Campbell, The Australian Illicit Drug Guide, Black Inc., →ISBN, page 100
2. A person’s nickname on the street, such as a gangster or mafia name; (loosely) any nickname.
   • They said they'd never heard of Mister Dzhugashvili, but when the cop referred to him by his street name — Stalin — their ears perked up.
   • “May I start calling you Severo? Doesn't that sound slick? It could be your street name, your punk name.” She battered her eyelashes.2008, Anthony Swofford, Exit A, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see street, name.
   • Holonym: street address
   • I know where Eric's house is, but I've forgotten the street name.