Definition of call
call 
verb - transitive
- to claim ownership, at least temporarily.
I call shotgun!
- See more words with the same meaning: to claim.
Last edited on Oct 09 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
notes
- See also call on.
Last edited on Sep 01 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 01 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'to claim': | |
| Definitions include: the passenger seat in a vehicle. | |
| Definitions include: rights to a sitting space recently vacated, that one intends on occupying again in the near future. One "calls fives" to claim, for example, a spot on a sofa when one gets up to use the bathroom. Anyone is permitted to sit in the seat during the person's absence, but must give it up immediately when that person returns. One would say, "I've got fives" while getting up from a seat. | |
| Definitions include: to lay claim to. | |
| Definitions include: to claim the (front) seat next to the driver in an automobile. | |
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Other terms relating to 'call': | |
| Definitions include: a situation in which any outcome is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: booty call - to call someone or friend over to have sex with no commitment. | |
| Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.) | |
| Definitions include: to recognize something for what it is. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: The act of vomiting. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit (noisily). | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to stop performing a task. | |
| Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed. | |
| Definitions include: a good solution to a problem | |
| Definitions include: Similar to: "Let me know when you're acting normal again." | |
| Definitions include: the need to use the toilet | |
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