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Verb: call out  kol awt
  1. Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
    "'I won!' he called out";
    - exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, shout
     
  2. Call out loudly, as of names or numbers
     
  3. Challenge to a duel
    "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"
Noun: call-out  kol awt
  1. A challenge to a fight or duel

Derived forms: calling out, called out, calls out, call-outs

See also: cry

Type of: announce, challenge, denote, express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Call out

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