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drunk dial

drunk dial verb: to make a telephone call in an inebriated state against better judgement, typically to a close or former friend.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make a telephone call in an inebriated state against better judgement, typically to a close or former friend.
    • My ex keeps harassing me, drunk dialing every other night.

Forms of drunk dial

third-person singular presentdrunk dials
present participle USdrunk dialing
present participle UKdrunk dialling
past participle USdrunk dialed
past USdrunk dialed
past participle UKdrunk dialled
past UKdrunk dialled

Questions about drunk dial

What does drunk dial mean?
Drunk dial means to make a telephone call in an inebriated state against better judgement, typically to a close or former friend.
What part of speech is drunk dial?
Drunk dial is a verb.
What is the past tense of drunk dial?
The past tense of drunk dial is drunk dialed.

Words near drunk dial in the dictionary

  1. drunk as a sow
  2. drunk as a wheelbarrow
  3. drunk as an owl
  4. drunk as Chloe
  5. drunk as David's sow
  6. drunk dial
  7. drunk dialed
  8. drunk dialing
  9. drunk dialled
  10. drunk dialling
  11. drunk dials

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