callout
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Noun[edit]
callout (plural callouts)
- (communication) An outgoing telephone call.
- (slang) An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
- (typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
- A summons to someone designated as being on call.
- I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst.
- (US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
- So many people attended the basketball callout that the coach decided to form two teams.
- An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
- The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.
- 2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse
- On this particular day, I felt ill, mostly from exhaustion, and had to call out from work. This callout caused a stir and a display of animosity.
- 2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse
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Translations[edit]
outward bound telephone calls
(slang) an invitation to fight
summons
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