Definition of "namecheck" []

• To announce the name of a person before they play a solo. (verb)
• To name-drop. (verb)

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• "The megamall namecheck is pretty opaque, as are the high school lockers."
• "And he still got his "namecheck" mojo together working the Irish novelist James Joyce and Waco honky-tonker Billy Joe Shaver into the same sentence on one cut."
• "In order for the state to be able to namecheck Seattle as a supporter they also need the union on board, which is set to vote next week."