Namedrop

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  namedrop
       v : refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire
           in order to try to impress them