"incall" meaning in All languages combined

See incall on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: incalls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} incall (plural incalls)
  1. A visit by a client to a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute. Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-incall-en-noun-tz6FfppS Disambiguation of Prostitution: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4
  2. (rare, possibly nonstandard) An incoming call (on a telephone). Tags: nonstandard, possibly, rare
    Sense id: en-incall-en-noun-NbjMg15U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: in-call

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for incall meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

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