CALL

Call

Call is a band from Lahore, Pakistan, formed by Zulfiqar J. Khan, Danish J. Khan, Khurram J. Khan and Omer Pervaiz. In 1996, the band's guitarist, Omer Pervaiz left to concentrate on his solo project, Naqsh and the band bassist, Shahzad Hameed, left to pursuit his own solo project. Ahsan Fida Khan and Faisal Murtaza recruited their places.

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call

Noun

  1. A telephone conversation.
    I received several phone calls today.
    I received several calls today.
  2. A social visit.
    I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
  3. A cry or shout.
    He heard a call from the other side of the room.
  4. A decision or judgement.
    That was a good call.
  5. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
    That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
  6. A beckoning or summoning.
    I had to yield to the call of the wild.
  7. An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
  8. The act of calling to the other batsman.
  9. The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
  10. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
  11. The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the point.
  12. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
    There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
  13. The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.

Verb

  1. To request, summon, or beckon.
  2. To cry or shout.
  3. To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
    to call the roll of a military company
  4. To contact by telephone.
  5. To pay a (social) visit.
  6. To stop at a station or port.
  7. To name or refer to.
    1. Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
  8. (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
  9. (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions.)
  10. To match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet.
  11. To require, demand.
  12. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
  13. To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
  14. To demand repayment of a loan.
  15. To predict.
  16. To declare in advance.
  17. To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
    A recursive function is one that calls itself.
  18. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
    They call the distance ten miles.
    That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
  19. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
  20. To disclose the class or character of; to identify.


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