Question of the Day #1425

RAKIM RESPONDS TO KENDRICK LAMAR’S ‘CHAINS & WHIPS’ NAME-DROP: ‘I SALUTE YOU, KING’

From the headline of this article at Billboard.

  上記の文で、name-dropの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "name-drop" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【自動】
〈話〉〔会話の中などで〕自分に有名人の知り合いがいることをほのめかす

   

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

VERB (USED WITHOUT OBJECT)
to indulge in name-dropping.

 

Examples

1. He has an exasperating tendency to name-drop.
2. The company likes to name-drop famous clients, including the US and Russian presidents.
3. I’ll name-drop because Jeff Tweedy is a friend and he helped me get it and made it playable. - From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
4. Of course, being a journalist, Avlon couldn’t help but name-drop other journalists he’d been reading. - From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2024
5. That final name-drop — of a maverick American composer — is another useful reference point. - From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

   

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