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three-named

three-named is the simple past and past participle of three-name.

Meaning of three-name

Verb

three-name (third-person singular simple present three-names, present participle three-naming, simple past and past participle three-named)

  1. (US, slang) The act of vocatively referring to someone (usually a child in one's family) using their full legal name (first, middle, and last) in order to emphasize a scolding.
    • Mom got super mad: she three-named my little brother as he made eye contact and dumped his noodles on the floor. "John Paul Smith, don't you dare dump those noodles on the floor!"

Questions about three-named

What is three-named the simple past and past participle of?
Three-named is the simple past and past participle of three-name.

Words near three-named in the dictionary

  1. three-milk cake
  2. three-milk cakes
  3. three-minute warning
  4. three-minute warnings
  5. three-name
  6. three-named
  7. three-names
  8. three-naming
  9. three-of-a-kind
  10. three-on-the-tree
  11. three-on-the-trees

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