An instance of such visiting; a visit.

An instance of this; a visit.

An act of visiting a person; a friendly or formal call upon, a shorter or longer stay with, a person as a feature of social intercourse.

a visit to a person's home, esp. (in later use) one made to a patient by a health-care professional, etc.

A visit or visitation.

colloquial. Usually with hyphen or as two words. A visit, a social call. Only in to give (someone) a look up. Now regional.

A short social or formal visit; an act of calling at a place. Frequently in to make (also receive) a call. Also as a mass noun: see house of call n.…

In Scotland and Ireland: (a) an evening visit, a friendly social call; (b) a session of traditional music, storytelling, or dancing; also attributive…

A visit; a coffee-party. Cf. coffee-klatsch n., kaffeeklatsch, n.