ROLL CALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roll call mean? 

• ROLL CALL (noun)
  The noun ROLL CALL has 1 sense:

1. calling out an official list of names

  Familiarity information: ROLL CALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROLL CALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Calling out an official list of names

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("roll call" is a kind of...):

utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roll call"):

mail call (a call of names of those receiving mail)

muster call (a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly)

attendance check (a call of students' names in a classroom)