nickname (nicknames plural & 3rd person present) (nicknaming present participle) (nicknamed past tense & past participle )
1 n-count A nickname is an informal name for someone or something.
Red got his nickname for his red hair.
2 verb If you nickname someone or something, you give them an informal name.
When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf... V n n
Which newspaper was once nicknamed The Thunderer? be V-ed n