A TV or radio programme allowing members of the public to telephone the studio and talk live to the presenter. / A telephone call of this kind. / A caller who makes such a call.

(participial adjective; editing, typography) (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.

Alternative spelling of run-in (omitting the hyphens from nouns of this type is nonstandard in formal publications but widely seen in unedited writing)

(transitive, informal, chiefly passive) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest. / (transitive, Britain) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.

Within, or as part of a game, especially a video game.

plural of damsel in distress

Expression of anger and contempt directed at someone, especially after that individual has done something very wrong. / To spend the afterlife suffering in hell.

A young woman perceived as being helpless in a dangerous situation and requiring rescue.

(grammar) To produce a split infinitive.

(idiomatic) The specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable.