Definitions
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- verb music, especially in jazz To announce the
name of a person before they play asolo . - verb To
name-drop .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The megamall namecheck is pretty opaque, as are the high school lockers.
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And he still got his "namecheck" mojo together working the Irish novelist James Joyce and Waco honky-tonker Billy Joe Shaver into the same sentence on one cut.
Expecting Rain 2009
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And he still got his "namecheck" mojo together working the Irish novelist James Joyce and Waco honky-tonker Billy Joe Shaver into the same sentence on one cut.
Expecting Rain 2009
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In order for the state to be able to namecheck Seattle as a supporter they also need the union on board, which is set to vote next week.
Gregoire Trying to Get Local Buy-In on Education Reform Plan « PubliCola 2010
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The only thing missing is a namecheck for her former husband.
Cheryl Cole: 'I hate this year' Simon Hattenstone 2010
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Even so, there's only one ground we've been able to dig out that hits the nail squarely on the head – Stafford Town's Evans Park gets a namecheck whenever Manchester United name Park Ji-sung and Jonny Evans are in the same side.
Does Robbie Savage stand a chance in Strictly Come Dancing? 2011
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Much was said about search engines and the Internet Archive even got a namecheck.
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Much was said about search engines and the Internet Archive even got a namecheck.
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I want songs set in pubs (or bars, if they're in the rest of the world), songs that namecheck individual establishments, but not songs that simply mention a bar or pub in passing.
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You can't but marvel at a rap act who namecheck everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to JRR Tolkien, whose voices weave a tapestry of language, and who musically reference a spectrum from Gladys Knight to the Beatles.
Wu-Tang Clan 2010
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