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

The British series from creators Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne employs the same one-shot style over the course of the four, edge-of-your-seat episodes — a technique that’s become somewhat of a calling card for Adolescence director Philip Barantini, working with cinematographer Matthew Lewis. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 May 2025

The defense will likely be the calling card for the Browns once again this season, making this news about Owusu-Koramoah even tougher. —Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025

Having the Chiefs as a calling card fits with what the NFL has done in the past when expanding its media rights. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2025

Mischief has been known to be a calling card of theirs. —Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 May 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