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

Affordability really has been the Democrats’ calling card throughout the year. — Cameron Peters, Vox, 4 Nov. 2026

For years, the Heat’s calling card was targeting an opposing star with a defensive game plan that would force somebody else to beat them, no example better than the Jeremy Lin game all those years ago. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Doncic’s jump shot has become his calling card while turning into one of the league’s most dangerous scorers. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

The Regency era was in full swing, and the upper class had assembled for the season in a pastel whirl of lace and silk, complete with calling cards and exclusive dinner parties. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 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