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1.nounA telephone conversation."I received several calls today."
2.nounA short visit, usually for social purposes."I paid a call to a dear friend of mine."
3.nounA visit by a ship or boat to a port."The ship made a call at Southampton."
4.nounA cry or shout."He heard a call from the other side of the room."
5.nounA decision or judgement."That was a good call."
6.nounThe characteristic cry of a bird or other animal."That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird."
7.nounA beckoning or summoning."I had to yield to the call of the wild."
8.nounThe right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor."I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business."
9.nounAn option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
10.nounThe act of calling to the other batsman.
11.nounThe state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
12.nounA work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
13.nounThe act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
14.nounA statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on."There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9."
15.nounThe act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
16.nounA note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
17.nounA whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
18.nounA pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
19.nounAn invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
20.nounVocation; employment; calling.
21.nounA 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.
22.noun(prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
23.verb(heading) To use one's voice.
24.verb(heading) To visit.
25.verb(heading) To name, identify or describe.
26.verb(heading) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
27.verb(sometimes with for) To require, demand."He felt called to help the old man."
28.verbTo announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
29.verbTo demand repayment of a loan.
30.verbTo jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion."A recursive function is one that calls itself."