ALL meanings of call out
call out
C c - phrasal verb call out If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency. 3
- verb call out to utter aloud, esp loudly 3
- verb call out to summon 3
- verb call out to order (workers) to strike 3
- verb call out to summon (an employee) to work at a time outside his normal working hours, usually in an emergency 3
- verb call out to challenge to a duel 3
- verb call out to challenge (a person) to justify an action or statement 3
- noun call out to speak aloud; shout 3
- noun call out to summon into action 3
- noun call out to summon (workers) to strike 3
- noun call out a cry or shout. 1
- noun call out the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal. 1
- noun call out an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call. 1
- noun call out an act or instance of telephoning: She went into the next room to place her call. 1
- intransitive verb call out request visit 1
- noun call out a short visit: to make a call on someone. 1
- intransitive verb call out challenge 1
- noun call out a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We live so close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls. 1
- verbal expression call out challenge: on sth said, done 1
- noun call out a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean. 1
- noun call out service visit 1
- noun call out a calling of a roll; roll call. 1
- noun call out relating to a call-out 1
- noun call out the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea. 1
- noun call out a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister. 1
- noun call out a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc. 1
- noun call out a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things. 1
- noun call out a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time. 1
- noun call out a demand for payment of an obligation, especially where payment is at the option of the creditor. 1
- noun call out Cards. a demand for a card or a showing of hands. Poker. an equaling of the preceding bet. Bridge. a bid or pass. 1
- noun call out Sports. a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees were making one bad call after another. 1
- noun call out Theater. a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager. act call. curtain call. 1
- noun call out Dance. a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller. 1
- noun call out Also called call option. Finance. an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put (def 24). 1
- noun call out Fox Hunting. any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds. 1
- verb with object call out to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home. 1
- verb with object call out to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness. 1
- verb with object call out to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to dinner? 1
- verb with object call out to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive. 1
- verb with object call out to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock. 1
- verb with object call out to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice. 1
- verb with object call out to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session. 1
- verb with object call out to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt. 1
- verb with object call out to order into effect; establish: to call a strike. 1
- verb with object call out to schedule: to call a rehearsal. 1
- verb with object call out to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry. 1
- verb with object call out to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors. 1
- verb with object call out to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence. 1
- verb with object call out to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court. 1
- verb with object call out to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds. 1