Definitions for call-in

call′-in`(n.)

a radio or television program in which listeners or viewers phone in questions or comments.
Category: Radio and Television, Showbiz
(adj.)featuring such phone calls:
a call-in program.
being a transaction conducted by telephone:
a call-in order.

1960–65

call-in(verb)
a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program
call in(verb)
summon to enter
"The nurse called in the next patient"
call in(verb)
summon to a particular activity or employment
"Experts were called in"
visit, call in, call(verb)
pay a brief visit
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
call in(verb)
take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player
call in(verb)
make a phone call
"call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"
call, call in(verb)
demand payment of (a loan)
"Call a loan"
recall, call in, call back, withdraw(verb)
cause to be returned
"recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

call-in(Noun)
Such a radio programme
call-in(Noun)
Such a call
call-in(Adjective)
In which members of the public telephone the studio and talk live to the presenter.

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