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social call

social call noun: a meeting made primarily for social reasons rather than for business, duty, or urgency; a friendly or informal call.

Noun

social call (countable and uncountable, plural social calls)

  1. A meeting made primarily for social reasons rather than for business, duty, or urgency; a friendly or informal call.
    • I happened to pass your doorway / Gave you a buzz, that's all / Lately, I thought much about you / So, I thought I'd pay a social call.1991, “Social Call”, in Jon Hendricks (lyrics), Gigi Gryce (music), Social Call, performed by Betty Carter
    • Hey, this isn't a social call, kiddos. Let's go.2025, Stranger Things, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Robin Buckley (Maya Hawke)

Forms of social call

pluralsocial calls

Questions about social call

What does social call mean?
Social call means a meeting made primarily for social reasons rather than for business, duty, or urgency; a friendly or informal call.
What part of speech is social call?
Social call is a noun.
What is the plural of social call?
The plural of social call is social calls.

Words near social call in the dictionary

  1. social battery
  2. social bookmarking
  3. Social Brethren
  4. social butterflies
  5. social butterfly
  6. social call
  7. social capital
  8. social choice
  9. social circle
  10. social circles
  11. social class

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