Similar words: namedrop, dropping, eavesdropping, double cropping, topping, popping, sopping, whopping. Meaning: n. the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener.
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1 The assistant carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all the famous riders he knew.
2 I didn't want to be accused of name-dropping.
3 One can do a lot of name-dropping with names of the school'sparents. President Nixon sent his daughters there.
4 The hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it.
5 I must stop saying everyone famous is a good friend. It sounds as if I'm name-dropping.
6 He had served on numerous civic committees and dabbled on the fringes of politics, mainly at the name-dropping level.
7 Oh, no. This isn't good. Jim just mentioned Marlon Brando. Larry King is going to spin into an out - of - control name-dropping vortex.
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