NAMES
Dictionary entry overview: What does names mean? • NAMES (noun)
The noun NAMES has 1 sense:
1. verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
Familiarity information: NAMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NAMES (noun)
Meaning:
Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
name calling; names
Context example:
sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me
Hypernyms ("names" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
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