name-drop

[ neym-drop ]

verb (used without object)

, name-dropped, name-drop·ping.

1. to indulge in name-dropping.

Word History and Origins

Origin of name-drop¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Celebrity Name-Drop Comedian Amy Schumer, Pink, “fantastic dermatologist” Dr. Ellen Marmur.

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Celebrity Name-Drop IMF chief Christine Lagarde, Oxygen founder “Gerry” Laybourne, ex–U.K. spymaster Dame Stella Rimington.

From The Daily Beast

Celebrity Name-Drop Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Harvey Weinstein.

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To add more credibility to his purported scheme, he would name-drop that he was the father of the two-time Oscar winner.

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