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Noun: name calling
  1. Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
    "sticks and stones may break my bones but name calling can never hurt me";
    - names

Type of: calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement

Encyclopedia: Name calling

Nearest

naloxone
naltrexone
Nam
namable
namaskar
namaste
namaycush
namby-pamby
name
name and address
name calling
name day
name dropper
name part
name tag
nameable
namecheck
namedrop
name-dropping
nameko
nameless