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The slang term for a drug when it is traded as a street drug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They said they'd never heard of medetomidine, but when the cop referred to it by its street name — rhino tranq — their ears perked up.
- 2008 January 19, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio Police quickly determined that the street name for holy sand was “cocaine” and said that the man’s arrest has made them think twice about the holy tic tacs and holy parsley they’ve seen lately.
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A person’s nickname on the street, such as a gangster or mafia name; (loosely) any nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They said they'd never heard of Mister Dzhugashvili, but when the cop referred to him by his street name — Stalin — their ears perked up.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see street, name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonym: street address
- I know where Eric's house is, but I've forgotten the street name.
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the name of a street
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: name
the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- all my stocks are held in street name
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Broader terms: name
slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `smack' is a street name for heroin
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Broader terms: name, slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her street name is Bonbon
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Broader terms: appellation, denomination, designation, appellative
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Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
slanginimitys
— term for a drug
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Spanish:
nombre de calle
— term for a drug
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Finnish:
kutsumanimi
— person's nickname
