Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

namecall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: name-call
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of name-call.

Example Sentences

"America’s national psyche is troubled today, although we hide it in multiple ways. We namecall, hide behind code words, pass the buck."
"“I don’t want to namecall, but I’ve given up,” Todd replied. “I’ve handed my credibility to a handful of journalists over there who’ve never reciprocated when times were tough. When times were tough for them, I went out of my way to defend a couple of them.”"
"GM [General Motors] namecalled Chevy’s Ford-beating sales in its press release."

Inflected Forms

namecalls (present, singular) namecalling (participle, present) namecalled (participle, past) namecalled (past)

Questions

What does namecall mean?: Alternative form of name-call.

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