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name-calling

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The use of derogatory labels in verbal attacks on a person or other entity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of name-call

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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History

Etymology

From name + calling. Compare call names.

From name-call + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تنابز بالألقاب — abusive or insulting language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罵人 /骂人 (màrén) — abusive or insulting language
  • Dutch: gescheld — abusive or insulting language
  • Finnish: nimittely — abusive or insulting language
  • German: Beschimpfung — abusive or insulting language
  • Japanese: 悪口 (waruguchi) — abusive or insulting language
  • Japanese: 悪罵 (akuba) — abusive or insulting language
  • Portuguese: xingamento — abusive or insulting language
  • Russian: обзыва́ние (obzyvánije) — abusive or insulting language
  • Russian: оха́ивание (oxáivanije) — abusive or insulting language
  • Russian: поноше́ние (ponošénije) — abusive or insulting language
  • Russian: брань (branʹ) — abusive or insulting language
  • Russian: очерни́тельство (očernítelʹstvo) — abusive or insulting language
  • Spanish: insultar — abusive or insulting language
  • Spanish: insultos — abusive or insulting language
  • Ukrainian: ла́йка (lájka) — abusive or insulting language
  • Ukrainian: обзива́ння (obzyvánnja) — abusive or insulting language