An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.
To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
give a nickname to
a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person''s given name); "Joe''s mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry''s nickname was Slim"
a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides''"
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
