Dictionary: CALLC – CALLZ

► CALL CANNY vb. to go gently, to proceed cautiously → 1892 Sc. 
► CALL CHARLES vb. to vomit → 1970 Aust. & US sl. 
► CALL CLASHES vb. to spread malicious or injurious reports; to spread a rumour or piece of gossip → 1768 Sc. 
► CALL COPPER vb. to inform the police → 1930 UK criminals’ sl. 
► CALL COUSINS vb. to address or refer to each other as ‘cousin’ as a sign of close friendship or kinship → 1632
► CALL DINOSAURS vb. to vomit → 1970 Aust. & US sl. 
► CALL-DOG n. a fish too small for human consumption → 1940 W. Indies sl. 
► CALL-DOWN n. a reprimand; a rebuke; a scolding → 1895 Amer. colloq. 
 (verbs usually as ‘call down’)
vb. 1. to call for a speaker to stop speaking and sit down; to cause to stop speaking and sit down → 1657 obs.
vb. 2. to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one → 1883 Amer. dial. 
► CALLE n. a cloak or gown → M17 UK criminals’ sl. 
► CALL EARL vb. to vomit → 1968 US students’ sl. 
► CALLED HOME adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. 
► CALLED TO STRAW adj. pregnant; in childbed; pert. to a woman who has gone into labour → 1931 Amer. dial. 
► CALLEE n. a person who is called or called upon → 1843
► CALLENGE n. a challenge → 1873 Eng. dial. 
vb. to challenge → 1873 Eng. dial. 
► CALLENT adj. crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience; knowledgeable → 1656 obs.
n. a person who is skilled in or knowledgeable about a particular subject → 1637 obs.
► CALLER adj. 1. of fish, vegetables, etc.: fresh, just caught or gathered → 1480 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
adj. 2. of air, water, etc.: cool, fresh, refreshing; of a room, bed, etc.: well-aired; free from mustiness → 1522 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
adj. 3. healthy, vigorous → 1754 Sc. 
n. 1. a person who brings a charge or complaint before a court of law; a complainant, a plaintiff → 1503 obs. 
n. 1. a person who drives cattle or oxen; a person who drives a cart or plough → 1500 Sc. obs. 
n. 2. an official at a colliery whose duty it was to go round from house to house to call up the men for work → 1843 Eng. dial. 
n. 3. a gossip, an idler → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. a person who summons railway workers to work → 1917 US
vb. to freshen, to cool, to refresh → 1817 Sc. 
► CALLER AS A KAIL-BLADE adj. as refreshing and cool as possible → 1790 Sc. 
► CALLER AS A TROUT adj. of persons: in good health, rosy, plump → 1768 Sc. 
► CALLERNESS n. freshness → 1835 Sc. 
► CALLET n. 1. a lewd woman; a trull, a strumpet; a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → 1415 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
n. 2. a term of abuse; a hag; a scold; a woman given to nagging → 1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
n. 3.  the head → 1825 Sc. 
vb. 1. to scold, to rail, to nag → 1620 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
vb. 2. to gossip, to talk → 1869 Eng. dial.
► CALLETER n. a gossip → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALLETING adj. 1. nagging, scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered → 1691 Eng. dial. obs. 
adj. 2. pert, saucy, gossiping, cheeky, impertinent → 1824 
n. 1. scolding, nagging → 1620 obs. 
n. 2. chatting, gossiping → 1869 Eng. dial. 
► CALLETING-BOUT n. a wordy quarrel; mutual recrimination → 1898 Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► CALLETY adj. nagging, scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered → 1863 Eng. dial. 
► CALLEY n. marijuana → 1975 Jamaica
► CALL FLAT n. a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → 1916 Amer. sl.
► CALL FOR A CAB vb. of a jockey: to make jerky arm movements as he battles to remain in the saddle → 1961 UK sl. 
► CALL FOR BILL vb. to vomit → 1960 UK society sl. 
► CALL FOR HERB vb. to vomit → 1960 Aust. sl. 
► CALL FOR HUGHIE vb. to vomit → 1960 UK society sl. 
► CALL FOR RALPH vb. to vomit → 1960 sl.
► CALL FOR THE BUTTER vb. to have completed a task or arrived at your destination → 1975 US sl. 
► CALL FULL-MOUTH vb. to address an elder or senior person without using Mr., Mrs., or Miss → 20C W. Indies sl. 
► CALL GIRL n. 1.a  female telephone operator → 1892 orig. US
n. 2. a woman who works in a brothel → L19 sl. 
n. 3. a prostitute, esp. one who may be engaged by telephone → 1900 Amer. sl. 
n. 4. any prostitute → 1912 US sl. 
► CALL HOGS vb. to snore → 1912 Amer. dial. 
► CALL-HOIL n. a place for gossip → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALL HOME vb. 1. to publish the banns of matrimony; generally for the third time → 1863 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to remember, to recollect, to call to mind; to remember a person’s name → 1887 Eng. dial.
► CALL HOUSE n. 1. a place for labourers to congregate for a call to work or for work instructions → 1680 obs.
n. 2. a brothel to which men can come without making any prior appointment → L19 sl.
n. 3. a brothel; a house of assignation where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → 1909 Amer. sl.
► CALLIBISTERS n. the vagina → 1653
► CALLIBLEPHARY n. a dye for the eyelids; eyeshadow → 1601
► CALLIBOGUS n. a mixture of rum and spruce beer → 1758 Amer. sl.
► CALLIBOUSE n. a jail, esp. one in a village or small town → 1792 Amer. sl.
► CALLID adj. crafty, cunning → 1656 obs.
► CALLIDITY n. craftiness, cunning; shrewdness → 1450 obs.
► CALLIE n. 1. a police station → 1919 US tramps’ sl.
n. 2. a prison → 1919 US tramps’ sl.
► CALLIFUDGE n. nonsense, humbug → 1870 Eng. dial.
vb. to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter → 1884 Eng. dial.
► CALLIFUGLE n. nonsense, humbug → 1870 Eng. dial.
vb. to cheat, to deceive; to cajole, to flatter → 1884 Eng. dial.
► CALLIGRAPH n. 1. one who writes beautifully; a professional transcriber of manuscripts → 1853 arch.
n. 2. a beautiful specimen of writing → 1878
vb. to write beautifully or ornamentally → 1840
► CALLIGRAPHER n. one who writes beautifully → 1752 
► CALLIGRAPHICAL adj. pert. to calligraphy; also, of a beautiful literary style → 1630 obs.
► CALLIGRAPHIST n. a person who writes beautifully → 1816
► CALLIMANKER n. a calico or tortoiseshell cat → 1947 Amer. dial.
► CALLIMETER n. a scale for measuring the beauty of something → 1862
► CALL IN vb. to begin → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CALL IN A MARKER vb. to demand repayment of a favour → 1970 US sl.
► CALLING adj. gossiping, idling → 1847 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a receiving a person into one’s company; reception, welcome → 1400 obs. 
n. 2. the name given to a person or thing; an appellation → 1425 obs. 
n. 3. a driving sheep, cattle, or whales to a particular place; a roundup, a drive → 1425 Sc. 
n. 4. a person’s position, condition, or station in life; rank → 1477 obs. 
n. 5. loud vituperation; scolding → 1855 Eng. dial.
n. 6. gossip, scandal, idling → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALLING BELL n. a doorbell → 1971 Indian English
► CALLING CARD n. 1. fingerprints → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. needle marks on a drug user’s arm → 1971 US sl.
n. 3. excrement → 1980 Irish euphemism
n. 4. during the Vietnam war: a printed card identifying the unit, left on the bodies of dead enemy soldiers → 1990 US sl.
► CALLING-DOWN n. a reprimand; a scolding → 1886 chiefly Amer.
► CALLING-HOIL n. a place for gossip → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALLING-HOME n. the publication of the banns → 1872 Eng. dial.
► CALLING-SHOP n. a place for gossip → 1868 Eng. dial.
► CALLING OVER n. a reading out a list of names in order to establish who is present; a roll-call → 1594 obs.
► CALLING STATION n. in poker: an unskilled player who calls bets prematurely → 1979 US sl.
► CALL IN ONE’S MARKER vb. to demand repayment of a favour → 1970 US sl.
► CALL IN QUESTION vb. to cast doubt on, to dispute → 1578
► CALL IN SOMEONE’S CHIPS vb. to challenge someone openly → 1881 Amer. sl.
► CALL IN THE OTHER NAIL vb. to go on drinking → 1865 Sc.
► CALLION n. anything old and ugly → 1824 Sc.
► CALLIOPE n. a steam locomotive → 1929 US railroad jargon
► CALLIPYGIAN adj. having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks → 1818
► CALLIPYGOUS adj. having well-shaped buttocks → 1923 
► CALLIS n. a lean-to, a shed, mostly used as a vegetable cellar → 1854 Eng. dial. obs. 
► CALLISTHENIUM n. a building, or part of a building, dedicated to the practice of callisthenics → 1832 US
► CALL IT vb. to state the price expected for the service requested; said of a prostitute while working → 1987 UK sl.
► CALL IT A DAY vb. 1. to die → M19 sl.
vb. 2. to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation → M19 sl.
► CALL IT A GO vb. to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation → M19 sl.
► CALL IT A NIGHT vb. to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation → M19 sl.
► CALL IT GEORGE vb. to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day’s work → 20C W. Indies sl.
► CALLITHUMP n. a loud bout of noise-making performed by a group of people with a variety of instruments, utensils, etc., as a demonstration of a general feeling of celebration, dissatisfaction, etc.; also, a member of a group of people putting on such a performance → 1843 US colloq.
vb. to make discordant music or noise using a variety of instruments, utensils, etc., as a demonstration of a general feeling of celebration, etc.→ 1851 US colloq. 
► CALLITHUMPIAN adj. noisy, boisterous, discordant → 1851 Amer. dial.
n. a band or member of a band that makes discordant so-called music by playing a number of instruments, either in an unlikely combination or conjured up from unlikely objects, such as washboards, tin kettles, etc.→ 1830 US Amer dial.
► CALL IT ON vb. to challenge another gang to a gang fight → 1955 US sl.
► CALL IT QUITS vb. to die → 20C sl.
► CALL IT WALLY vb. to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day’s work → 20C W. Indies sl.
► CALL JOINT n. a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → 1916 Amer. sl.
► CALL MAN n. 1. a firefighter who is summoned when needed, as opposed to being permanently employed → 1876 US
n. 2. a man responsible for summoning fog signalmen → 1900 UK obs. 
► CALL MOM n. a prostitute who advertises her services through an agency, through the (print) media, in telephone kiosks, etc., and visits a client in his own home or hotel room → 1930 sl., orig. US
► CALL MONEY n. a demand for payment of a debt → 1989 US sl. 
► CALL-OFF n. 1. an instance of being called away from an activity; an instance of calling a person or animal, esp. a dog, off → 1883
n. 2. a cancellation of an event, activity, etc. → 1894
n. 3. an instance of an employee reporting his or her absence from work that day, esp. due to illness → 1972 US
► CALL OFF ALL BETS vb. to die → 1940 African-American sl. 
► CALL OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS n. a need to defecate or urinate → 1965 UK sl. 
► CALL-ON n. a meeting at which dockyard labourers are hired → 1945
► CALL ONE OUT vb. to wake someone → 1954 Amer. dial. 
► CALL ONE OUT OF ONE’S NAME vb. 1. to call by a nickname, not by one’s proper name → 1881 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to abuse, to vilify → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALL ONE’S FOOD vb. to eat noisily → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CALL ONE’S HAND vb. to question, to call one to account → 1960 Amer. dial.
► CALL ONE’S JAWBONE vb. to live on credit → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► CALL ON THE CARPET vb. 1. to summon for or administer a rebuke or the like → 1889
vb. 2. to reprimand; to scold → 1960 US sl.
vb. 3. to challenge another speaker to justify his remarks, whether hostile, gossiping or whatever → 1990 US prison sl.
► CALLOSIFY vb. to make callous; to harden; to make more rigid or fixed → 1800
► CALLOSITY n. a hardened state of mind; callousness; insensibility → 1628
► CALLOTECHNICS n. the fine arts, sports, and games, considered collectively → 1841 obs.
► CALLOUSED adj. callous, indifferent → 1746
► CALL OUT n. (as ‘call-out’) an outcry, a clamour → 1765 obs.
vb. 1. to challenge to a fight → L19 sl.
vb. 2. to invite a woman to dance → 1916 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to use a stolen cheque → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 4. to embarrass → 1990 US students’ sl.
► CALL OUT OF NAME vb. to call or address by improper and abusive names → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CALL-OVER n. 1. a roll-call → 1863 UK
n. 2. a meeting held to determine the betting odds for a particular race, in which bets are placed on horses whose names are read out from a list → 1925 horse-racing usage
► CALL OVER THE ROLLS vb. to call up for reprimand → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALLOW adj. 1. bald, without hair → 1000 obs.
adj. 2. of land: bare → 1000 obs.
adj. 3. of birds: unfledged, without feathers → 1567
adj. 4. raw, inexperienced, immature, naive → 1580
adj. 5. applied to the down on a youth’s cheek and chin → 1604
adj. 6. pale, wan → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. one who is bald → 1305 obs.
n. 2. an unfledged nestling  → 1651 obs.
n. 3.  a raw or inexperienced youth → 1670 obs.
► CALLOW-MOUSE n. a bat → 1340 obs.
► CALLOW FROST n. a surface frost → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALLOWLY adv. immaturely, naively → 1900
► CALLOWNESS n. 1. baldness; lack of hair → 1400 obs. 
n. 2. immaturity, inexperience → 1817 
► CALLOW-WABLIN n. an unfledged bird → 1825 Eng. dial.
► CALLOWY adj. of a young bird: without feathers, unfledged → 1823 obs., poetic  usage
► CALL PIGS vb. to snore → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CALL RALPH vb. to vomit → 1960 sl.
► CALL RAW vb. to address an elder or senior person without using Mr., Mrs., or Miss → 20C W. Indies sl.
► CALL RUTH vb. to vomit → 20C US sl.
► CALLS n. a scolding, abuse, vituperation → 1862 Eng. dial. obs.
► CALL SEALS vb. to vomit → 1970 Aust. & US sl.
► CALL SHEEP vb. to stagger in walking → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► CALL SOME HOGS vb. to snore → 1946 Amer. dial.
► CALL SOMEONE FULL-MOUTH vb. to address your elder without using an honorific Mr. or Mrs. → 1995 Guyana sl.
► CALL SOMEONE RAW vb. to address your elder without using an honorific Mr. or Mrs.→ 1995 Anguilla
► CALL SOMEONE’S BLUFF vb. to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth → 1870 Amer. sl.
► CALL SOMEONE’S CARD vb. to call someone’s bluff → 1980 US sl.
► CALL SOMEONE’S GAME vb. to call someone’s bluff; to challenge, as to a fight → 1983 Amer. sl.
► CALL SOMEONE’S HAND vb. in gambling: to challenge openly; to call someone’s bluff → 1857 Amer. colloq.
► CALL STATION n. 1.a centre where calls made by telegraph, esp. to summon police officers or firefighters, are received; a telegraph station → 1876 obs. 
n. 2. an establishment where members of the public can make and receive telephone calls; a telephone box or kiosk → 1884
► CALL THAT GEORGE! phr. used to express finality or completion → 1983 Trinidad & Tobago 
► CALL THE CLASH vb. to spread a rumour or piece of gossip → 1825
► CALL THE COIN vb. to call ‘heads or tails’ when a coin is tossed → 1950 US sl. 
► CALL THE COWS vb. to snore → 1965 Amer. dial. 
► CALL THE CRACK vb. to keep the conversation going; to talk together, to converse → 1785 
► CALL THE DOGS vb. 1. to snore → 1965 Amer. dial. 
vb. 2. to vomit → 1990 US students’ sl. 
► CALL THE GAME IN vb. to abandon one’s efforts; to admit defeat → 1910 Aust. & NZ sl. 
► CALL THE HOGS TO THE HILL vb. to snore → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► CALL THE KING ONE’S COUSIN vb. to act or behave as though one has royal blood → 1720
► CALL THE KNOCK vb. to track down, to apprehend and arrest → 2000 sl. 
► CALL THEM ALL THROUGH ONE FORD vb. to treat all alike, irrespective of person or quality → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALL THE NAIL TO THE HEAD vb. to carry a matter through, to proceed to extremities → 1768 Sc. 
► CALL THE PLAYS vb. to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen → 1930 sl.
► CALL THE QUEEN ONE’S AUNT vb. to have the greatest happiness or distinction possible → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALL THE SHOTS vb. to dictate a course of action; to say what should happen; to be in a position of power → 1930 sl.
► CALL-THE-SHUTTLE n. a weaver → 1817 Sc.
► CALL THE TURN vb. to make an accurate statement or prediction → 1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage
► CALL TRADE n. prostitution by which women or men are summoned by telephone after they have been selected, via some form  of visual ‘menu’, by the male clientele → 1910 sl.
► CALLUM n. a callus → 1440 obs. 
► CALL-UP n. 1. a person invited to play for a particular team → 1960 US sport usage
n. 2. in prison: a summons to a governor’s office → 2001 UK sl. 
vb. (as ‘call up’) to rouse from sleep → 1548 obs. 
► CALLUSED adj. hard-hearted, indifferent → 1887 Sc. 
► CALLY n. 1. a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up → 1919 Amer. sl. 
n. 2. a police station → 1926 Amer. sl. 
n. 3. California → 1930 US sl. 
► CALLYBOOSE n. a jail, esp. one in a village or small town → 1929 Amer. sl. 
► CALLY-CORNERED adj. out of line, askew, awry → 1954 Amer. dial. 
► CALLY DOSH n. money → 1988 UK sl. 
► CALLYHOOTING adv. moving very rapidly and noisily → 1880 Amer. dial. 
► CALLYMOOCHER n. a term of abuse or reproach; ? a raw, inexperienced person, a greenhorn → 1627 obs.
► CALLYVAN n. a caravan, a house on wheels, used by gypsy hawkers or in wild-beast shows; any very large carriage → 1874  Eng. dial.