Definitions

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  • verb music, especially in jazz To announce the name of a person before they play a solo.
  • verb To name-drop.

Etymologies

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name +‎ check

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Examples

  • The megamall namecheck is pretty opaque, as are the high school lockers.

    galleon trade edition 2008

  • And he still got his "namecheck" mojo together working the Irish novelist James Joyce and Waco honky-tonker Billy Joe Shaver into the same sentence on one cut.

    Expecting Rain 2009

  • And he still got his "namecheck" mojo together working the Irish novelist James Joyce and Waco honky-tonker Billy Joe Shaver into the same sentence on one cut.

    Expecting Rain 2009

  • In order for the state to be able to namecheck Seattle as a supporter they also need the union on board, which is set to vote next week.

    Gregoire Trying to Get Local Buy-In on Education Reform Plan « PubliCola 2010

  • The only thing missing is a namecheck for her former husband.

    Cheryl Cole: 'I hate this year' Simon Hattenstone 2010

  • Even so, there's only one ground we've been able to dig out that hits the nail squarely on the head – Stafford Town's Evans Park gets a namecheck whenever Manchester United name Park Ji-sung and Jonny Evans are in the same side.

    Does Robbie Savage stand a chance in Strictly Come Dancing? 2011

  • Much was said about search engines and the Internet Archive even got a namecheck.

    Delete, not fade away and radiate? « Innovation Cloud 2009

  • Much was said about search engines and the Internet Archive even got a namecheck.

    December « 2009 « Innovation Cloud 2009

  • I want songs set in pubs (or bars, if they're in the rest of the world), songs that namecheck individual establishments, but not songs that simply mention a bar or pub in passing.

    Readers recommend: Songs about pubs and bars 2010

  • You can't but marvel at a rap act who namecheck everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to JRR Tolkien, whose voices weave a tapestry of language, and who musically reference a spectrum from Gladys Knight to the Beatles.

    Wu-Tang Clan 2010

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