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Noun: street name  street neym
  1. The name of a street
    "Broadway is a famous street name in New York City"
     
  2. An alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
    "her street name is Bonbon"
     
  3. Slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)
    "‘smack’ is a street name for heroin"
     
  4. The name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer
    "all my stocks are held in street name"

Derived forms: street names

Type of: appellation, appellative, argot, cant, denomination, designation, jargon, lingo, name, patois, slang, vernacular

Encyclopedia: Street name