schimpnaam

Definitions of schimpnaam
  1. noun
    a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
    synonyms: scheldnaam, spotnaam
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    type of:
    appellatief, benaming, predikaat, soortnaam
    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
  2. noun
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
    synonyms: adagium, kenspreuk, kernspreuk, proverbium, scheldnaam, sententie, spotnaam, spreekwoord, spreuk, zinspreuk
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    type of:
    dictum, expressie, gezegde, leenspreuk, proverbium, spreekwijze, spreekwoord, uitdrukking, zegswijze
    a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
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