Usually means: Assigning informal names to someone.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word nicknaming:

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  1. nicknaming: Merriam-Webster
  2. nicknaming: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nicknaming: Vocabulary.com
  4. nicknaming: Wordnik
  5. nicknaming: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. nicknaming: Wiktionary
  7. Nicknaming, nicknaming: Dictionary.com
  8. nicknaming: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Nicknaming: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Nicknaming: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. nicknaming: FreeDictionary.org
  12. nicknaming: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. nicknaming: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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  1. nicknaming: Encyclopedia

(Note: See nickname as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nickname)

noun:  A 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.
noun:  A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
verb:  (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).
▸ Also see nickname

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