callback

Plural: callbacks

Noun

• An invitation to return for a second audition or a product recall.
• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
• The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.
• A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.
• A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
• A function pointer passed as an argument to another function.
• A follow-up audition in casting.
• A follow-up interview in employment recruiting.
• A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine.
• A form of audience participation in which the audience shout lines in response to the dialog of a film.

Examples

• After scoring low, he hoped for a CALLBACK to redeem himself in the next round of Scrabble.

Synonyms

recall, hark-back, running gag

Related Words

call back