street name
noun
Forms street names
- noun The slang term for a drug when it is traded as a street drug. “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.”
- noun A person’s nickname on the street, such as a gangster or mafia name; (loosely) any nickname. “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.”
- noun Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see street, name. “I know where Eric's house is, but I've forgotten the street name.”
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