callout

call +‎ out

callout (plural callouts)

1. (communication) An outgoing telephone call.
2. (slang) An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
3. (typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
4. A summons to someone designated as being on call.
5. An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
6. The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.
   • 2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse

     On this particular day, I felt ill, mostly from exhaustion, and had to call out from work. This callout caused a stir and a display of animosity.

• callout culture

• Cotulla, outcall