"call names" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: calls names [present, singular, third-person], calling names [participle, present], called names [participle, past], called names [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=call names}} call names (third-person singular simple present calls names, present participle calling names, simple past and past participle called names)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To use abusive or insulting language, engage in name-calling. Tags: intransitive, transitive Related terms: call someone every name in the book, call someone everything but a child of God Translations (Translations): motiuejar (Catalan), 罵……是 /骂……是 (mà ... shì) (Chinese Mandarin), 罵人 /骂人 (màrén) (Chinese Mandarin), schelden (Dutch), nimitellä (Finnish), insulter (French), beflegeln [Austria] (German), βρίζω (vrízo) (Greek), przezywać [imperfective] (Polish), przezwać [perfective] (Polish), обзыва́ть (obzyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обзыва́ться (obzyvátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обозва́ться (obozvátʹsja) [intransitive, perfective] (Russian), motejar (Spanish), echar pestes (Spanish)
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          "word": "beflegeln"
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      "word": "beflegeln"
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      "word": "обозва́ться"
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      "word": "motejar"
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      "word": "echar pestes"
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