Was ist ein name drop Startseite / Bildung & Beruf / Was ist ein name drop Namedropping (von Englisch dropping = fallen lassen) bezeichnet ursprünglich das Verhalten, durch die ständige Nennung prominenter Namen den Anschein zu. 1 Namedropping bezeichnet ursprünglich das Verhalten, durch die ständige Nennung prominenter Namen den Anschein zu geben, die genannten Personen wirklich zu kennen. 2 name-drop Bedeutung, Definition name-drop: 1. to talk about famous people that you have met, often pretending that you know them better than. 3 mit (prominenten) Namen um sich werfen ○ Namedropping Neologismus, engl. 4 Name-dropping (or name-checking) is the practice of naming or alluding to important people and institutions within a conversation, story, song, online identity, or other communication. The term often connotes an attempt to impress others; it is usually regarded negatively, [1] and under certain circumstances may constitute a breach of. 5 ping. to indulge in name-dropping. 6 name-drop. verb [ I or T ] disapproving us / ˈneɪmˌdrɑːp / uk / ˈneɪmˌdrɒp /. to talk about famous people that you have met, often pretending that you know them better than you really do, in order to appear more important and special: He has an exasperating tendency to name-drop. 7 name-drop. verb [ I or T ] disapproving uk / ˈneɪmˌdrɒp / us / ˈneɪmˌdrɑːp /. to talk about famous people that you have met, often pretending that you know them better than you really do, in order to appear more important and special: He has an exasperating tendency to name-drop. 8 ping ˈnām-ˌdrä-piŋ.: the studied but seemingly casual mention of prominent persons as associates done to impress others. name-drop. ˈnām-ˌdräp. intransitive verb. name-dropper. ˈnām-ˌdrä-pər. noun. 9 name-drop. Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense name-drops, present participle name-dropping, past tense, past participle name-dropped. verb. If you say that someone name-drops, you disapprove of them referring to famous people they have met in order to impress people. [disapproval]. name-dropping duden 10 name-dropping meaning 12