Using the phone

noun

1. A strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action especially when accompanied by conviction of divine influence
2. The vocation or profession in which one customarily engages
3. The characteristic cry of a female cat in heat

verb

1. To speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance shout

   "call for help"

2. To make a request or demand

   "call for an investigation"

3. To utter a characteristic note or cry
4. To speak to or attempt to reach someone by means of a call see call

   "just called to say hello"

5. To make a demand in card games (as for a particular card or for a show of hands)
6. To give the calls for a square dance
7. To make a brief visit

   "called to pay his respects"

8. To summon to a particular activity, employment, or office

   "was called to active duty"

9. To invite or command to meet convoke

   "call a meeting"

10. To rouse from sleep or summon to get up
11. To attract (game) by imitating the characteristic cry
12. To halt (something, such as a baseball game) because of unsuitable conditions
13. To rule on the status of (a pitched ball, a player's action, etc.)

    "call balls and strikes"

14. To give the calls for (a square dance)
15. To speak of or address by a specified name give a name to

    "call her Kitty"

16. To temporarily transfer control of computer processing to (something, such as a subroutine or procedure)

noun

1. Visiting card
2. A sign or evidence that someone or something is or has been present
3. A card displaying a number that can be used to charge telephone calls to a single account regardless of where the calls are placed

noun

1. The use of offensive names especially to win an argument or to induce rejection or condemnation (as of a person or project) without objective consideration of the facts

idiom

1. To not have the career one should have

   "He feels he missed his calling by not becoming a doctor."

noun

1. A communication (such as a phone call or text message) by which a person arranges a sexual encounter with someone

   "A booty call—where one partner is summoned for sex usually by text message by another …"

verb

1. To cause or entreat to descend

   "call down a blessing"

2. Reprimand

   "called me down for being late"

verb

1. To withdraw from an advanced position

   "call in the outposts"

2. To withdraw from circulation

   "call in bank notes and issue new ones"

3. To summon to one's aid or for consultation

   "call in a mediator"

4. To deliver (a message) by telephone

   "call in an order for pizza"

5. To communicate with a person by telephone

verb

1. To draw away divert
2. Cancel

verb

1. To summon into action

   "call out troops"

2. To challenge to a duel
3. To order on strike

   "call out the workers"

4. To publicly criticize or fault (someone)

   "The FDA will have to start forcing companies to be transparent and call them out on it when they're not."