CALLING CARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calling card mean? 

• CALLING CARD (noun)
  The noun CALLING CARD has 3 senses:

1. a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls

2. a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

3. a distinguishing characteristic or behavior

  Familiarity information: CALLING CARD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALLING CARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

calling card; phone card

Hypernyms ("calling card" is a kind of...):

charge card; charge plate; credit card; plastic (a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

calling card; card; visiting card

Hypernyms ("calling card" is a kind of...):

greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A distinguishing characteristic or behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

bombs are a terrorist's calling cards

Hypernyms ("calling card" is a kind of...):

distinctive feature; distinguishing characteristic; peculiarity (an odd or unusual characteristic)