Call (v. t.) To command or request to come or be present |
Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty |
Call (v. t.) To invite or command to meet |
Call (v. t.) To give name to |
Call (v. t.) To regard or characterize as of a certain kind |
Call (v. t.) To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely |
Call (v. t.) To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. |
Call (v. t.) To utter in a loud or distinct voice |
Call (v. t.) To invoke |
Call (v. t.) To rouse from sleep |
Call (v. i.) To speak in loud voice |
Call (v. i.) To make a demand, requirement, or request. |
Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit |
Call (n.) The act of calling |
Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. |
Call (n.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. |
Call (n.) A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case |
Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons. |
Call (n.) Vocation |
Call (n.) A short visit |
Call (n.) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds. |
Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. |
Call (n.) The cry of a bird |
Call (n.) A 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. |
Call (n.) The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. |
Call (n.) See Assessment, 4. |
Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping |
Slip (n.) To slide |
Slip (n.) To move or fly (out of place) |
Slip (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding |
Slip (n.) To err |
Slip (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly |
Slip (v. t.) To omit |
Slip (v. t.) To cut slips from |
Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound. |
Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place |
Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely |
Slip (n.) The act of slipping |
Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault |
Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock |
Slip (n.) A slender piece |
Slip (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held |
Slip (n.) An escape |
Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself |
Slip (n.) Any covering easily slipped on. |
Slip (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman. |
Slip (n.) A child's pinafore. |
Slip (n.) An outside covering or case |
Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. |
Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. |
slip elusion eluding | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
slip slip-up miscue parapraxis | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
Freudian slip | a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals |
faux pas gaffe solecism slip gaucherie | a socially awkward or tactless act |
call option call | the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date |
call | (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee, he was ejected for protesting the call |
slip sideslip | a flight maneuver, aircraft slides sideways in the air |
skid slip sideslip | an unexpected slide |
call fire | fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit |
roll call | calling out an official list of names |
mail call | a call of names of those receiving mail |
muster call | a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly |
call | a visit in an official or professional capacity, the pastor's calls on his parishioners, the salesman's call on a customer |
call | a brief social visit, senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers, the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence |
call-back | the recall of an employee after a layoff |
service call | a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
call-board | a bulletin board backstage in a theater |
call center call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
chemise shimmy shift slip teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
cover glass cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
noose running noose slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
petticoat half-slip underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
slip coach slip carriage | a railway car at the end of the train, it can be detached without stopping the train |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
slip-on | an article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off |
slip ring | connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine, provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts |
slip stitch | a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric, designed to be invisible from the right side |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
telephone booth phone booth call box telephone box telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone |
siren call siren song | the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous, he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness |
slickness slick slipperiness slip | a slippery smoothness, he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
Call | a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course, he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call |
call phone call telephone call | a telephone connection, she reported several anonymous calls, he placed a phone call to London, he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call |
call-back | a return call |
collect call | a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for |
call forwarding | lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct |
call-in | a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program |
call waiting | a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone |
crank call | a hostile telephone call (from a crank) |
local call | a telephone call made within a local calling area |
long distance long-distance call trunk call | a telephone call made outside the local calling area, I talked to her by long distance |
toll call | a long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate |
conference call | a telephone call in which more than two people participate |
wake-up call | a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels), she left a wake-up call for a.m. |