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NAMEDROP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does namedrop mean? 

NAMEDROP (verb)
  The verb NAMEDROP has 1 sense:

1. refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress themplay

  Familiarity information: NAMEDROP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAMEDROP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "namedrop" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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