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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A visit by a client to a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: outcall
noun
An incoming call (on a telephone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, possibly, rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: outcall
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *gels-der. Proto-Indo-European *golsos Proto-Germanic *kalzazder. Proto-Germanic *kalzōną Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn Old English cealliander. Old English *callian Middle English callen English call English incall From in- + call.
