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Перевод: nickname

[существительное]
прозвище; уменьшительное имя; кличка ;
[глагол]
прозвать; давать прозвище; прозывать

Тезаурус:

1. There is little agreement among philologists or social historians as to what brings a particular nickname into being, although in the days when people had just one name, of a given or baptismal kind, it was probably a necessity that an additional term be pressed into service to distinguish between folk of like name.
2. His original idea was to appoint four peers, which is how they acquired the nickname "overlords".
3. Vinny "Psycho" Jones on his nickname.
4. Talking Disaster, Denis Healey's nickname for Tony Benn during the 1983 general election
5. I reminded her of Bobbie and would I mind if she called me by that dear nickname?
6. The boys had now decided on a nickname for me: Mona, after Leonardo's Mona Lisa.
7. Mr Marlon Brando , the appetite, ate a "mammoth 100 meal", and justified his nickname of "Gut-father".
8. Scattered amongst the infinite variety of trees and plants are picturesque villages whose white-walled cottages have blended into the light-coloured landscape to give Ibiza the nickname "La Isla Blanca" - The White Island.
9. He was taller than most of them, his nickname being "Lofty", and always looked a lot cleaner than his oil-stained gang.
10. Smith compiled his innings despite a cold picked up since his return to "work" on Monday, which forced him home prematurely in his new car, number plate JII DGE - which from a distance appears to spell out his nickname of Judge, acquired because of his wavy hair.
11. Jimmy Johnstone, the outstanding Celtic winger whose mesmerising dribbling skills had earned him the nickname "Jinky", was busy mesmerising himself.
12. He became one of the first football commentators on radio, copying the urgent, excitable American style of the "gee-whizzers", earning himself the nickname of "By Jove" Allison on the way.
13. It was "Gunga" the driver of the water truck, he hated the nickname, Gunga Din of cinema fame, and everyone was careful to avoid addressing him as anything other than just "George".