Dictionary

call out en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of callout.
   alt of callout

call out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To specify, especially in detail.
   • They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To order into service; to summon into service.
   • The Governor called out the National Guard.
   • The day of a shedmaster has no real beginning and end. He may leave for home when his work at the shed is done, but there is always the far-too-handy telephone to call him out to breakdowns or other emergencies. 1960 April 14, A. W. Bennett, “A Shedmaster's Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 272:
   • Ninety-nine Decision Street Ninety-nine ministers meet To worry, worry, super scurry Call the troops out in a hurry 1984, Nena, 99 Red Balloons (lyrics written by Kevin McAlea)
3. (intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
   • 1971, Carole King, “You’ve Got A Friend”, Tapestry, Ode Records You just call out my name / And you know wherever I am / I'll come running to see you again.
4. (archaic, transitive) To challenge (someone). ▸ To challenge (someone) to a duel.
5. (slang, transitive) To challenge (someone). ▸ To challenge (someone) to a fight.
6. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To challenge (someone). ▸ To criticize or denounce (someone); to bring up previously unspoken criticisms about (someone); to point out (someone's) faults.
   • She called them out on their lies.
   • He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted. 2022 January 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Government's IRP claims condemned as "dishonest"”, in RAIL, number 949, page 7:
   • He was very insulting. Finally Jack called him out and shut him up.
   • While former President Obama called out the call-out culture, former first lady Michelle Obama took white conservatives to task. 2019 October 30, “Obama calls out call-out culture: "That's not bringing about change"”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2020:
7. (New-Jersey, New-York, intransitive, qualifier:Connecticut) To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.
   • I had to call out from work a few Saturdays to Dj at kid's party because they would normally start somewhere around 4:00 p.m. 2015, Brasford Love, My Life: The Journey to Here:
   • 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:
   • I had to call out from work. […] I barely ate yesterday. The only thing that stayed in my stomach was soup and crackers. 2012, Earliecia J. Ebron, Regress:

Forms

Deriveds

call-out · callout

Synonyms

summon · denounce · charge · point out

Translations (52)

hu kihív (to order into service; to summon into service) · es reprender (to challenge) · hu bemond (to yell out) · de zur Rede stellen (to challenge) · fr préciser (to specify) · fr annoncer (to yell out) · ru заявля́ть (to specify) · cmn 懟 /怼 (to challenge) · es convocar (to order into service; to summon into service) · ga tabhair dúshlán (to challenge) · es resondrar (to challenge) · es zaherir (to challenge) · fi kutsua palvelukseen (to order into service; to summon into service) · gl especificar (to specify) · gl reprender (to challenge) · hu kivezényel (to order into service; to summon into service) · fi kuuluttaa (to yell out) · gl amoestar (to challenge) · ru вызыва́ть (to order into service; to summon into service) · es raspear (to challenge) · es fazferir (disused) (to challenge) · fr spécifier (to specify) · es criticar (to challenge) · fi ilmoittaa poissaolosta (to contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work) · gl chamar a atención (to challenge) · wa houkî (to yell out) · fr appeler (to order into service; to summon into service) · fi määritellä (to specify) · fr interpeler (to challenge) · ru назва́ть (to yell out) · fi haukkua (to challenge) · hu felelősségre von (to challenge) · es llamar (to order into service; to summon into service) · es increpar (to challenge) · ru вы́звать (to order into service; to summon into service) · hu kirendel (to order into service; to summon into service) · es llamar indispuesto (to contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work) · de angehen (to challenge) · es reprehender (to challenge) · fr convoquer (to order into service; to summon into service) · fi puuttua peliin (to challenge) · es especificar (to specify) · es clamar (to yell out) · es reconvenir (to challenge) · fr crier (to yell out) · gl convocar (to order into service; to summon into service) · fi speksata (to specify) · hu kérdőre von (to challenge) · gl recriminar (to challenge) · es llamar la atención (to challenge) · gl chamar (to yell out) · la evoco (to order into service; to summon into service)