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

Bertha is actively being torn apart by wind shear, a 'calling card' of El Niño's impact on Atlantic hurricane season. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 July 2026

The latter got Norton a BAFTA nomination and gave him a calling card for his ability to probe twisted depths. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026

Two years later, Tyler underwent vocal nodule surgery that gave her already husky voice the raspy roar that became her calling card. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 9 July 2026

Most famously, the style was finished with a little leather bow, which became a calling card among its cult of fans that included everyone from blue-stocking Upper East Siders to Bernie Madoff. — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 July 2026

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