close call close shave squeak squeaker narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
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 |
quarterback signal caller field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
signals intelligence SIGINT | intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence |
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 |
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) |
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 |
signal box signal tower | a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains |
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 |
signal level | the amplitude level of the desired signal |
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. |
signal detection detection | the detection that a signal is being received |
call | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed, Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed |
function call | a call that passes control to a subroutine, after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program |
system call supervisor call instruction | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor |
signal signaling sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message, signals from the boat suddenly stopped |
starting signal start | a signal to begin (as in a race), the starting signal was a green light, the runners awaited the start |
storm signal | a signal announcing the approach of a storm (particularly a storm of marked violence) |
time signal | a signal (especially electronic or by radio) indicating the precisely correct time |
birdcall call birdsong song | the characteristic sound produced by a bird, a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age |
bell-like call | a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell |
two-note call | a birdcall having two notes, the two-note call of the cuckoo |
alarm alert warning signal alarum | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
distress signal distress call | an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed |
bugle call | a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle |
reveille wake-up signal | (military) signal to wake up |
telegraphic signal radiotelegraphic signal | a signal transmitted by telegraphy |
call mark call number pressmark | a mark consisting of characters written on a book, used to indicate shelf location |