v
(computing, intransitive) To navigate using the arrow keys.
n
A feature of a telephone, modem, etc. that allows an incoming call to be answered automatically.
v
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
n
(informal) A telemarketing firm that makes cold calls.
n
(US, telephony) An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; an engaged tone
n
A telephone conversation; a phone call.
v
To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.
v
(US) To make a telephone call in which the cost of the call is paid by the person receiving the call.
n
(telecommunications) The time between the instant a system receives a call attempt and the instant of initiation of ringing at the target device.
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(telecommunications) The termination of a call.
v
To call someone without preparation or referral.
n
The act of putting a telephone call through to an extension without first introducing the caller.
n
Alternative spelling of cold calling [The practice of making unsolicited telephone calls or house calls to potential clients, voters or other groups in order to drum up custom or investigate intentions]
n
Someone who makes a crank call.
v
(intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.
v
To telephone, to call on the telephone.
n
Unexpected termination of a telephone connection.
adj
(Britain) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
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(Britain, telephony) An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; a busy signal
n
(call center jargon) A caller who hangs up immediately when they hear a delay announcement.
v
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
n
(nonstandard, informal) phone
n
(telephony) A telephone call for which, when the recipient of the call answers, there is no one on the other end.
v
A request by a telephone user to be connected with a specified person, number, etc.
v
(idiomatic) To place a telephone call to someone.
n
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
v
To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection.
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(telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
n
(rare, possibly nonstandard) An incoming call (on a telephone).
adj
Referring to a non-local telephone call; a toll call.
v
To telephone someone without the desired responder answering.
n
An unsolicited, annoying telephone call, such as one originating from a telemarketer, robocaller, or prankster or one that is obscene or harassing.
n
a person who makes nuisance calls.
v
(seduction community) To end a pickup of a woman by getting her telephone number.
adj
Of a telephone, ringing frequently.
adj
(idiomatic) On the telephone.
v
(transitive, telecommunications, dated) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.
v
(transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
v
(intransitive, informal) To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc.
v
(idiomatic) To fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.
v
(transitive) To phone; to contact by telephone.
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A non-legislative designation by a telephone call from a legislator, of specific projects for funding as part of funding for more general programs.
v
(slang, transitive, intransitive, dated) To engage in phone phreaking.
v
(intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
v
To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call.
n
The act of answering a telephone.
v
To accidentally make a pocket call to.
v
(idiomatic, informal) To accidentally make a call this way.
v
(transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up
n
A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.
v
(of a telephone) To terminate a call; to hang up.
v
(idiomatic) To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee).
v
(intransitive, Britain) To make a telephone call for which the party who is called agrees to pay.
v
(radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
n
(telephony) The ringing pattern heard by the dialer before the called party picks up the call.
v
To make a phone call to (this place).
v
(idiomatic) Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.
v
(telephony) To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.
v
(British) to make a telephone call to someone, especially from the same building.
n
(telecommunications) The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone they are calling is ringing.
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(telecommunications) A signal to a telephone operator that both rings a bell and allows a relay to drop.
v
(transitive, intransitive) Of a telephone: to play a ringtone.
n
(Canada, US, derogatory) The party that initiates a robocall.
v
(telephony) To eavesdrop on a telephone call
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(dating) A prescheduled phone call to another person who knows where one is and who one was going out with. A missed check-in (or using a pre-arranged code phrase for danger) signals one's contact person to call for help.
v
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
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(transitive) To convey (a message) via telephone.
n
A plastic card used to pay for telephone services.
n
(idiomatic) A situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).
v
To confirm one's identity, one's sex, or that one is not a bot by providing a voice sample by telephone etc., for example when dating online.
n
The act of putting a telephone call through to an extension having first introduced the caller.
n
(video games, informal) The Wii Remote, the primary controller for the Nintendo Wii game console, noted for its motion-sensing capabilities.
n
Alternative form of will call [A ticket booth or window for collecting pre-ordered tickets.]
n
(uncommon) Alternative spelling of zip code [(US) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.]
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