Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

safety call

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: safe-ty -call
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prescheduled phone call to another person who knows where one is and who one was going out with. A missed check-in (or using a pre-arranged code phrase for danger) signals one's contact person to call for help.

noun

A type of called shot where a shooting player does not have to continue their turn after pocketing one or more of their balls.

Example Sentences

"When it reaches those times during your meeting, no matter how well things are going, make your safety-call to let them know you're doing ok."
"We chit chat some small talk and I make my safety call."
"Kvam said Lozinski failed to make her "safety call" to say she was OK after meeting Chichester that day."
"He was her safety call, something she was supposed to have done over an hour ago."
"A good safety call is one in which your contact person has as much information as possible."

Inflected Forms

safety calls (plural)

Synonyms

safecall

Questions

What does safety call mean?: A prescheduled phone call to another person who knows where one is and who one was going out with. A missed check-in (or using a pre-arranged code phrase for danger) signals one's contact person to call for help.

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