Definition of Call out

1. Verb. Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy. "They call out that there was a traffic accident "; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

Exact synonyms: Cry, Cry Out, Exclaim, Outcry, Shout
Specialized synonyms: Gee, Aah, Ooh
Related verbs: Call, Cry, Holler, Hollo, Scream, Shout, Shout Out, Squall, Yell
Generic synonyms: Express, Give Tongue To, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Exclaiming, Exclamation, Exclamatory, Shout

2. Verb. Call out loudly, as of names or numbers.
Related verbs: Cry, Cry Out, Exclaim, Outcry, Shout
Generic synonyms: Announce, Denote
Specialized synonyms: Count Off

3. Verb. Challenge to a duel. "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"
Generic synonyms: Challenge
Derivative terms: Call-out

Definition of Call out

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive idiomatic colloquial) To challenge, to denounce. ¹

5. Noun. (British) An incidence of someone being summoned for some purpose. ¹

6. Noun. (American English) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, eg. for an activity or sports team. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Call Out

call it even
call it quits
call letters
call loan
call mark
call names
call number
call off
call off the dogs
call on
call on the carpet
call one's bluff
call option
call originator
call out (current term)
call outs
call premium
call screening
call sign
call signs
call someone's bluff
call stack
call stacks
call the ball
call the police
call the shots
call the tune
call them as one sees them
call to account

Literary usage of Call out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1874)
"... on such terms as they think best: but if said Assembly be not satisfy'd as to the value of said land, then the memorialist prays liberty to call out the ..."

2. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1917)
"Transform industries, call out men, call in women. Pity to have overlooked it before. Half a year has been lost—or was it a year—or was it more ? ..."

3. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"... to all such militia as his Excellency the Governor shall think proper to call out in Consequence of the above requisitions. Extract from the minutes. ..."

4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... call out too many proofs. DEAR SIR: APPENDIX NO. XXV.—VOL. III., p. 366. Governor Colei Vieil to Mr. Adams. ..."

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