Définitions
1.NounA familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.""The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City."
2.NounA familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing."My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny."
3.VerbTo give a nickname to (a person or thing)."Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person."
4.Verb↑ Arika Okrent (5 July 2019), “12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms”, in Mental Floss, Pocket, retrieved 8 October 2021