callouts

Noun

callout (plural callouts)

1. An outgoing telephone call.
2. An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
   • I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst.
3. (US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
   • So many people attended the basketball callout that the coach decided to form two teams.
4. (slang) An invitation to fight.
5. A request for people to join or take part.
   • […] a callout for volunteers to fill hundreds of sandbags.2022, David Hendy, The BBC: A People's History
6. (graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
   • Ancient Egypt: Civilization in northeastern Africa that gives reference volumes a chance to change up the pace a little and break up the monotonous, text-heavy format with more graphical elements, timelines, and a few callout boxes.2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 64

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