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shot callers

shot callers is the plural of shot caller.

Meaning of shot caller

Noun

shot caller (plural shot callers)

  1. (slang) Someone in charge, especially the leader of a street gang.
    • 'Cause I'm the creepy crawler that be crawling your walls / And I'm the shot caller when it comes to shot calls2004, “Oh Word?”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys
  2. (US, slang) A prison inmate who holds informal authority over other inmates and who masterminds criminal activity.
    • […] the CDC's campaign to isolate other "shot callers" in its new generation of super maximum security prisons.2000, Christian Parenti, Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis, page 198

Questions about shot callers

What is shot callers the plural of?
Shot callers is the plural of shot caller.

Words near shot callers in the dictionary

  1. shot back
  2. shot blasting
  3. shot box
  4. shot boxes
  5. shot caller
  6. shot callers
  7. shot clock
  8. shot clocks
  9. shot cup
  10. shot cups
  11. shot daggers

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