namible.html - See: CALL NAMES, HANDLE TO ONE'S NAME, IN NAME, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN, TO ONE'S NAME.

namible.html - See: CALL NAMES.

namible.html - {n.} The day of the saint for whom a person is named. * /Lawrence's name day is August 10, the feast of St. Lawrence./

namible.html - {informal} (You) are in trouble; a person is blamed or no longer liked. - Used in the possessive. * /If you tell your mother I spilled ink on her rug my name will be mud./ * /Your name will be mud if you tell the teacher about the bad thing we did./ Compare: IN THE DOG HOUSE.

namible.html - {n.}, {informal} The crux of the matter; that which actually occurs under the disguise of something else. * /Getting medium income families to support the rest of society - that's the name of the game!/

namible.html - {adj. phr.} Given the same name as someone. * /Archibald was named after his father./