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calls names

calls names is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call names.

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 calls names

What is calls names the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls names is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call names.

Words near calls names in the dictionary

  1. calls it as one sees it
  2. calls it even
  3. calls it half a day
  4. calls it quits
  5. calls it stumps
  6. calls names
  7. calls of nature
  8. calls off
  9. calls off the dogs
  10. calls on the carpet
  11. calls onto the carpet

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