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Meaning
Noun
●
A
telephone
conversation
; a
phone
call.
●
In Directives:
An
instance
of
calling
someone on the telephone.
●
A
short
visit
, usually for social purposes.
●
In Nautical:
A
visit
by a
ship
or
boat
to a port.
●
A
cry
or shout.
●
A
decision
or judgement.
●
The
characteristic
cry
of a
bird
or other animal.
●
A
beckoning
or summoning.
●
The right to
speak
at a given time during a
debate
or other public
event
; the floor.
●
In Finance:
Short for
call
option.
●
In Cricket:
The
act
of
calling
to the other batsman.
●
In Cricket:
The
state of being
the
batsman
whose role it is to
call
(depends on where the
ball
goes.)
●
A
work shift
which
requires
one to be available when
requested
, i.e. on call.
●
In Computing:
The
act
of
jumping
to a
subprogram
,
saving
the
means to
return
to the
original
point.
●
A
statement
of a particular state, or
rule
, made in many
games
such as
bridge
,
craps
,
jacks
, and so on.
●
In Poker:
The
act
of
matching
a
bet
made by a
player
who has
previously
bet
in the same round of
bet
ting.
●
A
note
blown
on the horn
to
encourage
the
dogs
in a hunt.
●
In Nautical:
A
whistle
or
pipe
, used by the
boatswain
and his
mate
to
summon
the
sailors
to duty.
●
A
pipe
or other
instrument
to
call birds
or
animals
by
imitating
their
note
or
cry
. A
game
call
.
●
An
invitation
to
take charge
of or
serve
a
church
as its pastor.
●
Vocation;
employment
; calling.
●
In American English & Law:
A
reference
to, or
statement
of, an
object
,
course
,
distance
, or other
matter
of
description
in a
survey
or
grant
requiring
or
calling for
a
corresponding
object
, etc; on the land.
●
A
meeting with
a
client
for
paid
sex
;
hookup
; job.
●
In Law:
A
lawyer
who was
called to the bar
(became
licensed
as a
lawyer
) in a
specified
year.
●
Need; necessity.
●
Initialism of computer-assisted language learning.
Verb
●
To use
one's
voice.
To
request
,
summon
, or beckon.
To
cry
or shout.
To
utter
in a
loud
or
distinct
voice.
To
contact
by telephone.
To
declare
in advance.
To
rouse
from
sleep
; to awaken.
To
declare
(an
effort
or project) to be a failure.
●
In Jazz:
To use
one's
voice.
To
request
that
one's
band
play
(a particular tune).
●
To visit.
To
pay
a (social)
visit
(often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by
salespeople
with "again" to
invite
customers
to come
again).
To
stop
at a
station
or port.
To
come to pass
; to afflict.
●
To
name
,
identify
or describe.
To
name
or
refer
to.
Of a person, to have as
one's
name
; of a
thing
, to have as its
name
.
To predict.
To state, or
estimate
,
approximately
or
loosely
; to
characterize
without
strict
regard
to fact.
To
formally
recognise
a
death
: especially to
announce
and
record
the time, place and
fact
of a person’s
death
.
To
claim
the
existence
of some
malfeasance
; to
denounce
as.
To
disclose
the
class
or
character
of; to identify.
●
In Cricket & Sports:
Direct or
indirect
use of the voice.
(of a
batsman
): To
shout
directions
to the other
batsman
on whether
or not
they should take a run.
●
In Baseball, Cricket & Sports:
Direct or
indirect
use of the voice.
(of a
fielder
): To
shout
to other
fielders
that he
intends
to take a
catch
(thus
avoiding
collisions).
●
In Poker & Sports:
Direct or
indirect
use of the voice.
To
equal
the same amount that other
players
are
currently
betting.
To
match
the current
bet
amount, in
preparation
for a
raise
in the same
turn
. (Usually,
players
are
forbidden
to
announce
one's
play
this way.)
●
In Sports:
Direct or
indirect
use of the voice.
To state, or
invoke
a
rule
, in many
games
such as
bridge
,
craps
,
jacks
, and so on.
●
To
require
, demand.
●
To cause to be
verbally
subjected
to.
●
To
lay claim
to an
object
or role which is
up for
grabs.
●
In Finance:
To
announce
the early
extinction
of a
debt
by
prepayment
, usually at a premium.
●
In Banking:
To
demand
repayment
of a loan.
●
In Computing:
To
jump
to (another part of a
program
) to
perform
some
operation
,
returning
to the
original
point on completion.
●
In Yorkshire English:
To scold.
●
In Sports:
To
make a decision
as a
referee
or umpire.
●
To
tell
in advance
which
shot
one is attempting.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
call
English
callen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Holler
Designate
Augur
Name
Yell
Shout
Ring
Telephone
Awaken
Dub
Denominate
Foretell
Predict
Nominate
Specify
Invoke
Wake Up
Ring Up
Phone Up
Telephone Call
Give Someone A Ring
Give Someone A Bell
More
Related
Request
Ask
Consider
Contact
Invite
Take
Send
Visit
Phone
Chat
Deem
Conversation
Message
Email
Declare
Offer
Meeting
Dial
Invitation
Find
Leave
Hire
Notification
Ticket
Alert
Pick
Play
Give
Label
Voice
Move
Appointment
Letter
Proposal
Push
Decision
Consult
Alarm
Report
Claim
Session
Booking
Dialing
Refer
Approach
Action
Check
Interview
Order
Sms
Query
Announcement
Considered
Voicemail
Named
Event
Statement
Termed
Accept
Hold
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Rhymes
All
Awl
Maul
Mall
Paul
Pall
Tall
Call
Yawl
Ball
Bawl
Gall
Pawl
Wall
Haul
Paul
Caul
Hall
Fall
Crawl
Appal
Drawl
Y'All
Trawl
Brawl
Yo'Ll
Small
Shawl
Stall
Spawl
Sprawl
Withal
Recall
Squall
Instal
Thrall
Befall
Acrawl
Emball
Senegal
Overall
Asprawl
Donegal
Install
Becrawl
Besmall
Overhaul
Bescrawl
Overcall
Montreal
Withcall
Waterfall
Forestall
At All
Tell All
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