Crossword clues for namedrop
namedrop
- Mention one's VIP pals
- Make a personal connection?
- Try to make an impression, in a way
- Try to impress others, in a way
- Show off some ties, maybe?
- Say "When I was with my good friend Barack last week ...," e.g
- Mention a famous friend, say
- Mention a connection, perhaps
- Flaunt monikers
- Attempt to impress, in a way
- Act pretentiously, in a way
- Attempt to impress, as in conversation
- Try to impress, in a way
- Try to impress in a conversation, say
- Imply ties with V.I.P.'s
- Try to impress by association
- Try to impress at a party, say
- Say "When I met the Dalai Lama last year," say
- Brag, in a way
- Casually mention famous people you know
- Say you know Brad Pitt? Pardon me, but that's ridiculous
- Trying to impress improperly? Pardon me!
The Collaborative International Dictionary
namedrop \namedrop\ v. i. To refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire so as to impress them; same as to drop names.
Syn: drop names.
Wiktionary
vb. (alternative spelling of name-drop English)
WordNet
v. refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them
Usage examples of "namedrop".
He brought, too, dishes made by his own hand, fish curries, raitas, sivayyan, khir, and doled out, along with the edibles, namedropping accounts of celebrity dinner parties: how Pavarotti had loved Whisky's lassi, and O but that poor James Mason had just adored his spicy prawns.
She's loud, she drinks too much, she's a fucking pain in the ass at a dinner table: namedropping, interrupting, belittling him in front of his friends, cutting the other women who try to show some warmth to the guy because they're embarrassed for him, interrupting everyone, rearranging the environment to suit herself ("I have to sit here, not there" .