caller-up

1. 1.

   the person initiating a telephone call

   “there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone”

   Synonymscallerphonertelephoner

   Broaderspeaker

Questions about caller-up

What does caller-up mean?

caller-up means "the person initiating a telephone call".

How many syllables are in caller-up?

caller-up has 3 syllables and divides as cal-le-r-up under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.