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pocket dial

Speech parts

1. pocket dial - Noun

2. pocket dial - Verb

Meaning

pocket dial (plural pocket dials)

(idiomatic, informal) A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.

(obsolete) A portable sundial of small size.

pocket dial (third-person singular simple present pocket dials, present participle (US) pocket dialing or (Commonwealth) pocket dialling, simple past and past participle (US) pocket dialed or (Commonwealth) pocket dialled)

(idiomatic, informal) To accidentally make a call this way.

pocket-dial (plural pocket-dials)

Alternative spelling of pocket dial

pocket-dial (third-person singular simple present pocket-dials, present participle pocket-dialing, simple past and past participle pocket-dialed)

Alternative spelling of pocket dial

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

pocket-dial

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