calling card

noun

1

: visiting card

2

: a sign or evidence that someone or something is or has been present

broadly : an identifying mark

3

: a card displaying a number that can be used to charge telephone calls to a single account regardless of where the calls are placed

Examples of calling card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Compelling for their incredible micro-engineering and aesthetics, QPs draw attention to the brand’s savoir faire and act as a calling card for its capabilities as a watchmaker. —Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2025

For this Los Angeles homecoming and her latest Rhode pop-up, Bieber relied on some of her sartorial calling cards—adding a divisive vintage shoe trend. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025

Listen to this article Munster senior Lia Sotiropoulos knows her calling card. —Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025

Subway Tile Gone are the days of austere white kitchens and with them, the calling card of the farmhouse-style era, subway tile. —Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for calling card

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard