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call shotgun

verb

  • to claim the (front) seat next to the driver in an automobile. Derives from the "old west" when stagecoaches routinely had an armed guard (typically with a shotgun) seated next to the driver on top.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to claim.

    Last edited on Nov 03 2008. Submitted by Michael W. on Nov 03 2008.

  • to claim ownership or rights to something or someone.

    Last edited on Jul 28 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 28 2011.

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call the shots

verb

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call the whales

verb

  • to vomit. Relates to the sound one makes when vomiting uncontrollably into a toilet bowl (with the associated echo effect.) A term me and my friends used in college at Louisiana State University.
    I was calling the whales all night.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.

    Last edited on Jun 12 2013. Submitted by Nick F. from Houston, TX, USA on Jan 20 1999.

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call Uncle Ralph on the big porcelain telephone

verb

  • to vomit.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.

    Last edited on Mar 24 2003. Submitted by M. J. from Dallas, TX, USA on Mar 24 2003.

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call up some dinosaurs

verb

  • to vomit, usually from over-consumption of alcohol.
    He was calling up some dinosaurs last night.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.

    Last edited on Nov 08 1999. Submitted by Devienne from Bozeman, MT, USA on Nov 08 1999.

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call up to the majors

verb - transitive

  • to offer a promotion in a job or position in life.
                                                                                               

    Citation from "Open up Your Yenta Mouth and Say Ah", Royal Pains (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 12 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on May 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 17 2010.

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Cally

noun - uncountable

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Calzone

noun

  • A naturalized Arizona resident born in California.

    "You know, one of my closest friends is actually a Calzone....

    Last edited on Mar 03 2023. Submitted by AWKWARD Terribly. from Phoenix, AZ, USA on Mar 03 2023.

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camel case

  • to begin a word with a capital letter and have one or more capital letters within the word, e.g. MicroSoft.

    Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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