Part Of Speech: noun
Definition: A telephone conversation.
Example: I received several calls today.
Definition: A short visit, usually for social purposes.
Example: I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
Definition: A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
Example: The ship made a call at Southampton.
Definition: A cry or shout.
Example: He heard a call from the other side of the room.
Definition: A decision or judgement.
Example: That was a good call.
Definition: The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
Example: That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
Definition: A beckoning or summoning.
Example: I had to yield to the call of the wild.
Definition: The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
Example: I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
Definition: An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
Definition: The act of calling to the other batsman.
Definition: The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
Definition: A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
Definition: The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
Definition: A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
Example: There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
Definition: The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
Definition: A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
Definition: A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
Definition: A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
Definition: An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
Definition: Vocation; employment; calling.
Definition: 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.
Definition: (prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
