house call

noun

: a visit (as by a doctor or a repair person) to a home to provide a requested service

Examples of house call in a Sentence

Does your doctor make house calls?

Recent Examples on the Web

On a typical summer weekend, the Charlotte company conducts around 10 house calls. — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

The Criterion truck is a pilgrimage that makes house calls. — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 10 June 2026

But when it was founded, Thomas Drugs was a lifeline in this then-rural community (the doctor made house calls by horse and buggy). — Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026

Many were hardware merchants, shopkeepers, even doctors who had bought an early automobile to make house calls and decided to try selling a few more on the side, taking a good horse for $100 trade-in value and moving a couple of Fords a year. — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for house call

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Medical Definition

house call

noun

ˈhau̇s-ˌkȯl 

: a visit (as by a doctor) to a home to provide medical care