night call
Late-hour contact
A night call is a visit or summons that occurs during nighttime hours, typically by a professional responding to urgent need.
Doctors make night calls to patients too ill to wait until morning.
The term also applies to late-night phone calls: I dreaded the night call that might bring bad news.
In some trades, night calls carry premium rates.
- on dutyActively at one's station
- urgencyPressing need for action
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- buzzContinuous low drone
- voiceSound from throat
ring · phone · graveyard shift · hush · anxiety · vigilance · dread · relief · darkness · dial · whisper · anticipation · solitude · handset · receiver · answering machine · clock · disruption
- bird soundschirp, birdcall, tweet, bird songs, cheep