CALL OUT
Dictionary entry overview: What does call out mean?
• CALL OUT (verb)
The verb CALL OUT has 3 senses:
1. utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
2. call out loudly, as of names or numbers
3. challenge to a duel
Familiarity information: CALL OUT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CALL OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
call out; cry out; exclaim; outcry; cry; shout
Context examples:
'I won!' he exclaimed / 'Help!' she cried / 'I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost
Hypernyms (to "call out" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call out"):
gee (give a command to a horse to turn to the right side)
aah; ooh (express admiration and pleasure by uttering 'ooh' or 'aah')
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They call out that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Call out loudly, as of names or numbers
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "call out" is one way to...):
announce; denote (make known; make an announcement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call out"):
count off (call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Challenge to a duel
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton
Hypernyms (to "call out" is one way to...):
challenge (issue a challenge to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
