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Solo vs Namecheck - What's the difference?

solo | namecheck |

As verbs the difference between solo and namecheck

is that solo is to perform a solo while namecheck is to announce the name of a person before they play a solo.

As a noun solo

is a piece of music for one performer.

As an adjective solo

is without a companion or instructor.

solo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A piece of music for one performer.
  • A job or performance done by one person alone.
  • A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner.
  • A single shot of espresso.
  • (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football

    • Coordinate terms

    * (coffee) doppio, triplo (rare)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without a companion or instructor.
  • Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

    • Verb

  • To perform a solo.
  • To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
  • (Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.

    • Derived terms

    * soloist * solo run

    Related terms

    * solitaire

    Anagrams

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    namecheck

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (music, especially in jazz) To announce the name of a person before they play a solo.
  • To name-drop.