ALL meanings of on call
on call
O o - adjective on call available for duty 1
- verb with object on call to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home. 1
- verb with object on call to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness. 1
- verb with object on call to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to dinner? 1
- verb with object on call to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive. 1
- verb with object on call to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock. 1
- verb with object on call to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice. 1
- verb with object on call to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session. 1
- verb with object on call to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt. 1
- verb with object on call to order into effect; establish: to call a strike. 1
- verb with object on call to schedule: to call a rehearsal. 1
- verb with object on call to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry. 1
- verb with object on call to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors. 1
- verb with object on call to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence. 1
- verb with object on call to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court. 1
- verb with object on call to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds. 1
- verb with object on call to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess. 1
- verb with object on call to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim. 1
- verb with object on call to designate as something specified: He called me a liar. 1
- verb with object on call to think of as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark. 1
- verb with object on call to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story. 1
- verb with object on call to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure (often followed by out): She called him on his vulgar language. 1
- verb with object on call to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan). 1
- verb with object on call to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption. 1
- verb with object on call to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections. 1
- verb with object on call Sports. to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike. to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game. 1
- verb with object on call Pool. to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket. 1
- verb with object on call (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine. 1
- verb with object on call Cards. to demand (a card). to demand the display of a hand by (a player). Poker. to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round. Bridge. to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit). 1
- verb without object on call to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children. 1
- verb without object on call to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package. 1
- verb without object on call to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon. 1
- verb without object on call Cards. to demand a card. to demand a showing of hands. Poker. to equal a bet. Bridge. to bid or pass. 1
- verb without object on call (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry. 1
- noun on call a cry or shout. 1
- noun on call the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal. 1
- noun on call an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call. 1
- noun on call an act or instance of telephoning: She went into the next room to place her call. 1
- noun on call a short visit: to make a call on someone. 1
- noun on call 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
- noun on call a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean. 1
- noun on call a calling of a roll; roll call. 1
- noun on call the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea. 1
- noun on call a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister. 1
- noun on call a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc. 1
- noun on call a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things. 1
- noun on call a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time. 1
- noun on call a demand for payment of an obligation, especially where payment is at the option of the creditor. 1
- noun on call 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 on call 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