STREET NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does street name mean? 

• STREET NAME (noun)
  The noun STREET NAME has 4 senses:

1. an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)

2. slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)

3. the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer

4. the name of a street

  Familiarity information: STREET NAME used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREET NAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

her street name is Bonbon

Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):

appellation; appellative; denomination; designation (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

'smack' is a street name for heroin

Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Domain member usage:

big H; hell dust; nose drops; scag; skag; smack; thunder (street names for heroin)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

all my stocks are held in street name

Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The name of a street

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("street name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)