Definitions For Callout

Noun

CALLOUT (plural CALLOUTs) (communication) An outgoing telephone call. (slang) An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another. (typography, 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. A summons to someone designated as being on call. : {{ux, en, I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst.}} (US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team. : {{ux, en, So many people attended the basketball callout that the coach decided to form two teams.}} An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks. The act of call out, calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.