name-drop (n?m?dr?p?)intr.v. name-dropped, name-drop·ping, name-drops To mention casually the names of famous or important people to create the impression that one is familiar with them in an attempt to impress or influence others.name?-drop?per n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.name-dropping n informal the practice of referring frequently to famous or fashionable people, esp as though they were intimate friends, in order to impress others ?name-?dropper nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014name?-drop`ping n. the mention of famous or important people as friends or associates in order to impress others. [1945?50] name?-drop`, v.i. -dropped, -drop?ping. name?-drop`per, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.