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STREET NAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The name of a street
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer
Example:
all my stocks are held in street name
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)
Example:
'smack' is a street name for heroin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Domain member usage:
big H; hell dust; nose drops; scag; skag; smack; thunder (street names for heroin)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
Example:
her street name is Bonbon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):
appellation; appellative; denomination; designation (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)
