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calling names

calling names is the plural of calling name.

calling names is the simple past and past participle of call names.

Meaning of calling name

Noun

calling name (plural calling names)

  1. The name associated with the telephone number or similar identifier of a caller.
  2. The name by which a person is normally identified in conversation.

Meaning of call names

Verb

call names (third-person singular simple present calls names, present participle calling names, simple past and past participle called names)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To use abusive or insulting language; to engage in name-calling.
    • [A]s [US president Donald Trump] turns up the pressure – calling the Fed chair [Jerome Powell] names and questioning his acumen – he’s ignited a firestorm in legal and financial circles.2025 April 21, Laurent Belsie, “Markets falter as Trump attacks Fed’s independence – and its chair”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Questions about calling names

What is calling names the plural of?
Calling names is the plural of calling name.

Words near calling names in the dictionary

  1. calling it even
  2. calling it half a day
  3. calling it quits
  4. calling it stumps
  5. calling name
  6. calling names
  7. calling off
  8. calling off the dogs
  9. calling on the carpet
  10. calling onto the carpet
  11. calling out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calling names (page history and authors); calling name (page history and authors); call names (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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