- an act of calling back.
- a summoning of workers back to work after a layoff.
- a summoning of an employee back to work after working hours, as for emergency business.
- a request to a performer who has auditioned for a role, booking, or the like to return for another audition.
- recall (def. 12).
- a return telephone call.
- an allusion to a joke made earlier in the same comedy act or show:The kitten yelling “Quiet!” at the end was a callback to earlier in the episode when the two normally silent brothers shouted it.
- of or relating to a return telephone call: Please leave a callback number.
- to telephone (a person) who has called earlier:Our staff will call you back within 24 hours.
- to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger.The actor was called back for a second audition.
- to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation.
