Usually means: Mentioning famous people for status.
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  1. name dropping: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. name-dropping: Merriam-Webster
  3. name-dropping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. name-dropping, name-dropping: Collins English Dictionary
  5. name-dropping: Vocabulary.com
  6. Name-Dropping, Name-dropping, name-dropping: Wordnik
  7. name-dropping: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. name-dropping, name dropping: Wiktionary
  9. name-dropping: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. name-dropping, name dropping: Dictionary.com
  11. name-dropping: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Name-dropping, Name dropping: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. name-dropping: Rhymezone
  14. name-dropping: FreeDictionary.org
  15. name-dropping: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. name-dropping: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Name dropping)

noun:  Alternative form of name-dropping [The practice of casually mentioning famous or important people or the titles of their works, subtly implying familiarity or association, in order to impress others.]

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