call 

Final decision based on value judgement, "the last word". Please note that this is rarely used without a possessive pronoun preceding it.

"It's not my call." - It's not up to me to decide.

"In the end, the call is his alone." - It's up to him to decide.

call by Dushkin April 21, 2007

Call 

To predict something a while before it happens, and then be credited for it.

She called it long before I knew where it was going.

Call by Louise T January 6, 2009

Call 

In poker and some other card games: to ask to see the cards in another player's hand. This ends the bidding and the hand and reveals the winner.
This is closely related to the more general phrase: to call a bluff.

After the bidding went three rounds of raises, I called -- and lost my shirt.
He said he'd strip and streak through the championship football game for a hundred bucks. I didn't think he'd really do it so I put my money on the table and called his bluff. He lost his shirt and the rest of his clothes. And I lost $100.

Call by MuseAmused June 29, 2009

Call 

To lay claim to something or someone, secure right of ownership. A spoken agreement between friends that gives the person calling something rights to the thing/person called, without the other friends interfering.

"Damn that bitch is hot, I call it"
"Shit, I was really hopin to tap that ass"
"And don't even think about kieling that shit either"

Call by Jim April 7, 2005

Call 

1. a call on a telphone or cell phone

2. a decison or prediction

The rain stopped just as you said, good call.

Call by Light Joker November 17, 2006

Call 

A measure of support a person has in a community.

The size of a crowd a person can bring in.

No one will show at her event...she has no call.

Call by Directm September 8, 2012

Call 

Colloquial term for a period of time, usually after an entire day's work, when one must remain on the job. Can extend from hours to an overnight stay.

See also on call.

Medical Student 1: There's a comet that only passes Earth once every quintillion years and they're marking it with a fireworks display, free liquor and street parties! You in?

Medical Student 2: Nah dawg...I have call tonight.

Call by damn sadomasochistic clerkship directors... September 6, 2005