call names
Appearance
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]call names (third-person singular simple present calls names, present participle calling names, simple past and past participle called names)
- (transitive, intransitive) To use abusive or insulting language, engage in name-calling.
- 2025 April 21, Laurent Belsie, “Markets falter as Trump attacks Fed’s independence – and its chair”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
- [A]s [US president Donald Trump] turns up the pressure – calling the Fed chair [Jerome Powell] names and questioning his acumen – he’s ignited a firestorm in legal and financial circles.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Translations
|