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1999 single by Barenaked Ladies
"Call and Answer" is a song by Canadian musical group Barenaked Ladies. It was the third single from their 1998 album Stunt. For its release, the song
Call_and_Answer
Succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians
statement, an answer to a question, or a repetition of a phrase following or slightly overlapping the initial speaker(s). It corresponds to the call and response
Call_and_response_(music)
Film by Paul Feig
Ghostbusters (also known as Ghostbusters: Answer the Call) is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig, who co-wrote it with Katie
Ghostbusters_(2016_film)
Office dealing with a large volume of enquiries by telephone
third-party agency (known as Outsourcing Call Centres). Answering services, as known in the 1960s through the 1980s, earlier and slightly later, involved a business
Call_centre
Glossary of Douglas Adams' phrases
7+1⁄2 million years to compute and check the answer, which turns out to be 42. Deep Thought points out that the answer seems meaningless because the beings
Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
1998 studio album by Barenaked Ladies
In addition, follow-up singles "It's All Been Done", "Alcohol" and "Call and Answer" were each successful to some degree. Stunt is the first studio album
Stunt_(album)
The answer-seizure ratio (ASR) is a measurement of network quality and call success rates in telecommunication. It is the percentage of answered telephone
Answer-seizure_ratio
deactivate R1 – answer waiting call and disconnect current call. R2 – answer waiting call and place current call on hold or swap between calls. *90 – activate
Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland
Telephone_numbers_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland
Children's song
the accused's saying the name of another child in the circle. The call-and-answer is potentially infinitely recursive, limited only by the number of
Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
Who_stole_the_cookie_from_the_cookie_jar?
Type of signaling in telephony
flow in the line, or the called party indicates to the exchange that the call is being answered. The primary reason for answer and disconnect supervision
Supervision_(telephony)
Pair of Manichaean divinities
personifications of the words "call" and "answer". The call is uttered from above by the "living spirit", and is answered from below by the man who wishes
Xroshtag_and_Padvaxtag
Magazine
Answer Me! (typically rendered ANSWER Me!) was a magazine edited by Jim Goad and Debbie Goad and published between 1991 and 1994. It focused on the social
Answer_Me!
U.S. anti-war, civil rights coalition
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), also known as International A.N.S.W.E.R. and the ANSWER Coalition, is a United States–based protest umbrella
A.N.S.W.E.R.
Telephone answering device
ansafone (from a trade name), or telephone answering device (TAD), is used for answering telephone calls and recording callers' messages. When a telephone
Answering_machine
2008 TV executive murder in Mumbai, India
mobile and Susairaj answered the call. She mumbled that Neeraj had "gone out" forgetting his cell phone with her. The friend later came and picked up the cell
Neeraj_Grover_murder_case
Song made in response to another song
An answer song, response song or answer record is a song (usually a recorded track) made in answer to a previous song, normally by another artist. The
Answer_song
2015 American film
Pam to hang up the call and answer other incoming emergency calls, leading to a physical conflict with an office coworker. Jeremy and his partner are able
Operator_(2015_film)
Record that documents a telephone call
call database Telecommunications data retention Pen register Internet Protocol Detail Record Communications data Datacom Average call duration Answer/seizure
Call_detail_record
Computer science discipline
Question answering (QA) is a computer science discipline within the fields of information retrieval and natural language processing (NLP) that is concerned
Question_answering
Redirection of a telephone call to another subscriber
telephone number to which calls should be forwarded. Once someone answers, call forwarding is in effect. If no one answers or the line is busy, the dialing
Call_forwarding
Call where no audio is transmitted
silent call is a telephone call in which the calling party does not speak when the call is answered. Most such calls are generated by a cold call telemarketing
Silent_call
Audio communication over a telephone
communication. To start a call, the calling party, the caller, opens a connection for a particular phone number and waits for an answer to the request, often
Telephone_call
Online question and answer forum owned by Yahoo!
Yahoo! Answers was a community-driven question-and-answer (Q&A) website or knowledge market owned by Yahoo! where users would ask questions and answer those
Yahoo_Answers
Type of call center for first response
public safety answering point (PSAP), sometimes called a public safety access point or emergency control centre (ECC), is a type of call center where the
Public_safety_answering_point
Type of call-progress tone
incoming call is either connecting or waiting depending on the application. Unlike a ringtone, which alerts those near a telephone to answer it, a zip
Zip_tone
Online question and answer software system
A question and answer system (Q&A system) is an online software program that attempts to answer its users' questions. Q&A software is frequently integrated
Question_and_answer_system
1985 single by Cheyne
Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service) is a 1985 single by American teenage singer, Cheyne, which was produced by Mark Kamins and Stephane Gerbier,
Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)
Call_Me_Mr._Telephone_(Answering_Service)
Digital marketing technique
retrieve, summarize, and present information in response to user queries. Related terms include answer engine optimization (AEO) and artificial intelligence
Generative engine optimization
Generative_engine_optimization
Christian term for a simplistic answer
"Sunday school answer" is a pejorative used within Evangelical Christianity to refer to an answer as being the kind of answer one might give to a child
Sunday_school_answer
Call assistance services
operator-assisted call in which the calling party (CLG) agreed to talk to whoever answered the telephone. Timing and billing began as soon as the call was answered, regardless
Operator_assistance
1779 play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
[it] is the decidedly sillier of the two ... once it settles into the call-and-answer routine of the play rehearsal, the farce largely overtakes the wit
The_Critic_(play)
System that provides a caller's location to emergency dispatchers
number) and known as eCall when called by a vehicle. An incoming 911 call is routed to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), which is a call center operated
Enhanced_911
1981 studio album by Deuter
Silence Is the Answer is an album by composer Deuter, released in 1981 on Kuckuck Schallplatten. All music is composed by Deuter. Deuter – flute, guitar
Silence_Is_the_Answer
Shortened answer, such as "who walked the dog?" "Tom (did)"
smaller font and subscripts: Q: Who walked the dog? A: Tom walked the dog. - Subject noun as answer fragment Q: Whom did you call? A: I called Sam. - Object
Answer_ellipsis
2005 American film
Answering The Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers is a documentary film that pays tribute to the thousands of volunteers who answered New York City's call
Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers
Answering_the_Call:_Ground_Zero's_Volunteers
1980 studio album by Jack Green
The track "I Call, No Answer" features Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple as a guest artist on lead guitar. All songs by Jack Green and Leslie Adey, except
Humanesque
2013 film by Mike Flanagan
all of her phone calls are answered by the same man. The fully possessed Alan eventually loads up a gun previously purchased by him and unchains Marie,
Oculus_(film)
Mobile phone application
service and customized answer bots for detection, engagement and blocking of unwanted calls and messages. The app is available for Android and iOS devices
RealCall
2004 concert tour
Know" "One Week" "Pinch Me" "The Old Apartment" "Center of Attention" "Call and Answer" (performed with Morissette) "Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at
Au_Naturale_Tour
Privacy-focused online software company
DuckDuckGo displays relevant results, called instant answers, at the top of the search page. These Instant Answers are collected from third-party APIs or
DuckDuckGo
2001 single by Sugar Ray
"Answer the Phone" is a song by the American rock band Sugar Ray. It was released on September 24, 2001, via Atlantic Records and Lava Records as the second
Answer_the_Phone
Australian pâtissier and television presenter
Kitchen" and "Lord Voldecake". He has also been called "Australia's answer to Willy Wonka". Adriano Zumbo was born to Italian parents Frank and Nancy Zumbo
Adriano_Zumbo
Way of answering a yes/no question
In linguistics, an echo answer or echo response is a way of answering a polar question without using words for yes and no. The verb used in the question
Echo_answer
Emergency number in several countries
United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112. All calls are answered by 999 operators and are always free. Approximately
999 (emergency telephone number)
999_(emergency_telephone_number)
Legal motion which seeks acquittal because the prosecutor's case is insufficient
No case for the defendant to answer (sometimes shortened to no case to answer) is a term in the criminal law of some Commonwealth states, whereby a defendant
No_case_to_answer
Australian national emergency phone number
telephone number for Australia and its External Territories. Calls to Triple Zero from the Australian mainland are initially answered by Telstra, then transferred
000 (emergency telephone number)
000_(emergency_telephone_number)
Speaker-audience interaction
random chants to be answered by the group, creating cohesion between the workers. African-American women work songs incorporate the call and response format
Call_and_response
2009 studio album by Five Finger Death Punch
War Is the Answer is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. It was released on September 22, 2009, through Prospect
War_Is_the_Answer
2023 video game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a 2023 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It is the twentieth main
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023 video game)
Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_III_(2023_video_game)
2008 video game
Core: For Answer is a 2008 mecha-based vehicular combat game developed by FromSoftware and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It
Armored_Core:_For_Answer
Information shown in search engines, including AI-generated responses
An instant answer is a type of response supplied by a search engine in response to a search query, without the user having to navigate away from the search
Instant_answer
Collaborative humor website
without posing their own. A completed question-and-answer pair is called an "Oracularity". A representative (and famous) exchange is: The Usenet Oracle has
Internet_Oracle
Call pick-up is a feature used in a telephone system that allows one to answer someone else's telephone call. The feature is accessed by pressing a pre-programmed
Call_pickup
Race track in Buchanan, Michigan
season and it was televised on Discovery Network's Velocity channel. There is an unofficial call and answer that has been adopted by Redbud fans and residents
Red_Bud_MX
Unsolved problem in computer science
proposed positive answer can be quickly verified can also be quickly solved. Here, "quickly" means an algorithm exists that solves the task and runs in polynomial
P_versus_NP_problem
1999 film
"It's All Been Done" "Who Needs Sleep?" "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank" "Alcohol" "Call and Answer" "Some Fantastic" "One Week" "Break Your Heart" "The
Barenaked_in_America
the type of call being made, ACD can be used as a proxy measure of call quality. Answer-seizure ratio (ASR) Erlang (unit) Mean opinion score (MOS) Perceptual
Average_call_duration
1927 novel by Rosamond Lehmann
Dusty Answer is English author Rosamond Lehmann's first novel, published in 1927. She sent it unsolicited to publishers Chatto & Windus, which agreed to
Dusty_Answer
2012 studio album by John McLaughlin
"Riff Raff" – 7:02 "Echoes from Then" – 6:07 "Wonderfall" – 6:27 "Call and Answer" – 5:53 "Not Here Not There" – 6:16 "Guitar Love" – 7:08 "Take It or
Now_Here_This
Software platforms
messages if a live person answers or if the call goes to voicemail. Call routing and forwarding Automatically passes inbound phone calls to a specific location
Voice-based marketing automation
Voice-based_marketing_automation
1984 single by The Alan Parsons Project
yet destitute" and called the song one of the band's most enchanting singles. The music video for "Don't Answer Me" was directed and animated by Michael
Don't_Answer_Me
1791 amendment enumerating due process rights
required to answer their employer's narrowly defined questions regarding conduct on the job. If an employee invokes the Garrity rule (sometimes called the Garrity
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Former online knowledge market by Google
related sites, one in Russia also called Google Questions and Answers in 2007, and one in China called Tianya Answers, in reference to its Chinese partner
Google_Answers
1573 painting by Paolo Veronese
Tribunal of the Venetian Holy Inquisition. Veronese was called to answer for irreverence and indecorum, and the serious offense of heresy was mentioned. Originally
The Feast in the House of Levi
The_Feast_in_the_House_of_Levi
Education controversy in India
missing pages, mismatched answer sheets, unmarked answers, and unexpected marks. The concerns led to calls for re-evaluation and public discussion. Questions
2026 CBSE On-Screen Marking controversy
2026_CBSE_On-Screen_Marking_controversy
Directory enquiries provider
dramatic decline in calls due to easily accessible information via mobile devices.[citation needed] Calls are answered from call centres in the Philippines
118_118_(UK)
Website and app for calling U.S. Congresspeople
representatives and senators are. It also asks users if the call was answered, if they left a voicemail, or if they did not make the call, in order to keep
5_Calls
2012 video game
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is a 2012 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released for Windows, PlayStation
Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops_II
American teen who died in a vehicle seat entrapment
in Nashville that same week and decided to attend. The experience led to the creation of the Kyle Plush Answer the Call (KPATC) Foundation. The organization
Death_of_Kyle_Plush
Name of a family of calling features in the United Kingdom
with the called party is required; many answering machines implement call screening, which 1571 cannot do: the answering machine picks up the call with its
1-5-7-1
Device used to connect telephone circuits to establish calls between users
city, and the inward operator would answer. The inward operator would obtain the number from the local information operator and ring the call. Once the
Telephone_switchboard
"Helga!" is a running gag at German concerts and festivals. A person may call for a Helga; others answer and create a chorus-like group effect. "Helga ist
Helga_(call)
Sculpture in Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Over the Top to Victory, also known as Doughboy Statue and Their Country's Call Answered, is an outdoor bronze sculpture by John Paulding, formerly located
Over_the_Top_to_Victory
Contrapuntal musical form based on a subject that recurs in imitation
time, and often accompanying key changes. The various entries may or may not be separated by episodes or occur in stretto. S = subject; A = answer; CS =
Fugue
Musical by Marc Blitzstein
No For An Answer is a musical play by Marc Blitzstein. It was staged by W. E. Watts at Mecca Temple, west 55th Street, New York, on Sunday, January 5,
No_for_an_Answer
Process of evaluating telephone calls
Call screening is the process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before deciding how or whether to answer it. Some methods may include:
Call_screening
1961 studio album by Skeeter Davis
the answer songs; "He'll Have to Stay", "My Last Date (With You)", and "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too". Richie Unterberger of Allmusic called the
Here's_the_Answer
Netherlandish composer
sunt omnes, features a lengthy passage of call and answer bicinia dialogue between the upper two voices and the lower two voices, foreshadowing this technique
Johannes_Regis
1903 novel by Jack London
The Call of the Wild is an adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong
The_Call_of_the_Wild
Communications protocol
Retrieved 11 May 2013. "Windows Phone 7 doesn't support USSD". Microsoft Answers. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. "GSM 02.90
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
Unstructured_Supplementary_Service_Data
this is because GPR residents take call and answer consults. While on call, the residents are expected to manage head and neck trauma reporting to the ER
Postgraduate training in general dentistry in the United States
Postgraduate_training_in_general_dentistry_in_the_United_States
Radio station in Glendale, California, United States
"AM 870 The Answer") is a commercial radio station licensed to Glendale, California, United States, and serving Greater Los Angeles and Southern California
KRLA
Voice message storage and retrieval
recorded message when the recipient has been unable (or unwilling) to answer the phone. Calls may be directed to voicemail manually or automatically. The caller
Voicemail
Talk radio station in San Bernardino, California
Most Salem Communications talk stations now call themselves "The Answer". KTIE simulcasts Jennifer Horn and Grant Stinchfield's morning show from KRLA
KTIE
Generative AI chatbot by OpenAI
criticized for its limitations and potential for unethical use. It can generate plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers, known as hallucinations
ChatGPT
Piece of music closely connected to a form of work
have a very punctuated rhythm precisely for this reason, along with a call-and-answer format. Well before the nineteenth century, sea songs were common on
Work_song
9/11 hijacked passenger flight
information at 09:58. His call was answered by dispatcher John Shaw, and Felt was able to tell him about the hijacking before the call was disconnected. Multiple
United_Airlines_Flight_93
2023 single by NLE Choppa and Lil Wayne
"Ain't Gonna Answer" is a song by American rappers NLE Choppa and Lil Wayne, released on March 23, 2023 as the seventh single from the former's second
Ain't_Gonna_Answer
Radio station in Orlando
AM took on 990's former WDYZ call sign the next day. On August 19, 2019, WDYZ ended stunting and picked up "The Answer" conservative talk format, which
WORL_(AM)
New Zealand emergency telephone number
telephone and ask the answering operator for the police, ambulance, or fire service by name. However, the problem on manual exchanges was that calls were answered
111 (New Zealand telephone number)
111_(New_Zealand_telephone_number)
American author and political activist (born 1952)
including a writer for Vox who called her answers "extremely vague" and "deeply weird", and a writer for Salon who called her answers "kooky". Williamson's unorthodox
Marianne_Williamson
Concept in telephony
(CON) — Sent when the call is answered by an automatic terminal. This message replaces the ACM, CPG and ANM for calls that are answered by automatic terminals
ISDN_User_Part
British newspaper
content was similar to and inspired by Tit-Bits (which carried a section called 'Answers to Correspondents'), a popular British weekly founded in 1881 which
Answers_(periodical)
Hacking of analog telephone network
they would program the call diverting equipment to answer all calls, pick up another phone line, call their answering service, and bridge the two lines
Phreaking
1997 single by Michelle Wright
"The Answer Is Yes" is a song written and originally recorded by Rodney Crowell on his 1992 album Life Is Messy. It was also recorded by Canadian country
The_Answer_Is_Yes
Messaging answer service
Messaging is the term, similar to Text Messaging and Voice Messaging, applying to an answering service call center who focuses on one specific scripting style
Operator_messaging
American advertising campaign
1993, which featured a historian (played by Sean Whalen) receiving a call to answer a radio station's $10,000 trivia question (voiced by Rob Paulsen), "Who
Got_Milk?
Measure of the ability of a network to deliver a call to the called terminal
{\displaystyle NER=100\ {\frac {Answered\ calls\ +\ User\ Busy\ +\ Ring\ No\ Answer\ +\ Terminal\ Reject}{TotalCalls}}} In general, the NER is used to
Network_effectiveness_ratio
Irish satire news website
Williamson and based in Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland. The site has been called Ireland's answer to U.S. satirical media company, The Onion, and has been
Waterford_Whispers_News
Telephone signal
various call handling functions. For example: Call Waiting: R1 – Answers incoming call & terminates current call. R2 – Answers current call & allows
Hook_flash
CALL AND-ANSWER
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Male
English
Older spelling of German Karl, CARL means "man."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Old English w(e)all, from Latin vallum ‘rampart’, ‘palisade’).Northern English : topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well).Irish : re-Anglicized form of de Bhál, a Gaelicized form of de Valle, the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.German : topographic name for someone who lived by a defensive wall, Middle High German wal.German : variant of Wahl 2.German : from a short form of the personal name Walther.Swedish : ornamental name from Swedish vall ‘grassy bank’, ‘pasture’, ‘grazing ground’, or in some cases a habitational name from a place named with this element.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name from Old English land, Middle High German lant, ‘land’, ‘territory’. This had more specialized senses in the Middle Ages, being used to denote the countryside as opposed to a town or an estate.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a forest glade, Middle English, Old French la(u)nde, or a habitational name from Launde in Leicestershire or Laund in West Yorkshire, which are named with this word.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads so named, from Old Norse land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (see 1 above).
Boy/Male
English American German
Man. Famous Bearer: astronomer Carl Sagan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Cula.Americanized spelling of German and Swedish Kall or German Koll.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
From the Hall or Manor
Surname or Lastname
Scottish or Irish
Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McFall.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a waterfall, declivity, or forest clearing, Middle English fall (from Old English (ge)fall ‘a felling of trees’, Old Norse fall ‘forest clearing’).German : topographic name from Middle High German val ‘fall (of trees)’; in some cases ‘waterfall’ or ‘landslide’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with this word, or in Tyrol from Ladine val ‘valley’.African : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
Variant spelling of Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Karl.English
Variant spelling of Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Karl.English : from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Karl(i), ultimately from Germanic karl ‘man’, ‘freeman’. See also Charles.English : status name for a bondman or villein, from the vocabulary word karl, carl, which had various different meanings at various times: originally ‘man’, then ‘ordinary man’, ‘peasant’, and in Middle English specialized in the senses ‘free peasant’, ‘bondman’, ‘villein’, and ‘rough, churlish individual’.
Female
English
English name derived from the name of the Calla Lily, from Greek kallaia, CALLA means "wattle of a cock," from kallos meaning "beauty."Â
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoops and bands, etc., from Middle English band, bond, Middle High German, Middle Low German bant, German Band denoting something used for tying or binding: ‘hoop’, ‘metal band’, ‘fetter’, ‘shackle’.Old spelling of the Dutch cognates Bant, Bande, from Middle Dutch bant ‘band’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : of uncertain origin; in part it may be a shortened form of McCall.Probably also an Americanized spelling of Ahl or Al.
Male
English
Short form of English Caleb, CALE means "dog" or "rabid."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Scandinavian
English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Scandinavian : from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hǫll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from places named with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. The English name has been established in Ireland since the Middle Ages, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a respectable or decent person, or else a good-looking one, both these senses belonging to Middle English tall (Old English getæl ‘swift’, ‘prompt’). The modern sense ‘of high stature’ did not develop until the end of the 16th century; the usual Middle English equivalents were Long and High.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
A Midsummer Night's Dream' Snout, a tinker, acts as Wall in the play within the play.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced form of McCall.English : from Middle English calle ‘close-fitting cap for women’ (from Old French cale), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name. Compare Cale.Catalan : topographic name from call ‘narrow track’ (Latin callis). Compare Calle.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Koll or Goll.
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian
English, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian : variant of Carl.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimh (see Guthrie), resulting from an erroneous association of the Gaelic name with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, e.g. Claffey, Glavin, and McClave.Dutch : from a variant of hont ‘dog’, ‘hound’, either a derogatory nickname, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a dog.
Boy/Male
English American
Bald; Abbreviation of names beginning with Cal-.
Male
English
 English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English heall "hall," hence "lives at the hall." Middle English name HALL means "to cover, conceal."
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n.
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.
v. t.
To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.
n.
The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.
v. t.
To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
n.
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
v. t.
To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
n.
The gall bladder.
adv.
To any extent; in any degree; at all.
n.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
n.
Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
v. t.
To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
v. t.
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
v. t.
To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
n.
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.
n.
The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
v. t.
To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
a.
The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
v. t.
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
n.
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
n.
A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.