Definition of "call"
- noun
A telephone conversation.
A social visit.
A cry or shout.
A decision or judgement.
The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
A beckoning or summoning.
An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
The act of calling to the other batsman.
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 (see on call).
The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the point.
A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- verb
To request, summon, or beckon.
To cry or shout.
To contact by telephone.
To pay a (social) visit.
To stop at a station or port.
To name or refer to.
(of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
(of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions.).
To match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet.
To require, demand.
To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
To demand repayment of a loan.
To predict.
To declare in advance.
To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
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