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drunk dialing

drunk dialing is the present participle and gerund of drunk dial.

Meaning of drunk dial

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.

Questions about drunk dialing

What is drunk dialing the present participle and gerund of?
Drunk dialing is the present participle and gerund of drunk dial.

Words near drunk dialing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drunk dialing (page history and authors); drunk dial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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