To announce the name of a person before they play a solo.(verb)
To name-drop.(verb)
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Use "namecheck" in a sentence
"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."