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missed call

missed call noun: a telephone call which the responder does not answer.

Noun

missed call (plural missed calls)

  1. (telephoning) A telephone call which the responder does not answer.
  2. (telephoning) A telephone call that is deliberately terminated by the caller before being answered by its intended recipient in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.

Verb

missed call (third-person singular simple present missed calls, present participle missed calling, simple past and past participle missed called)

  1. To deliberately terminate a call before the recipient answers in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.
    • Missed-call me when you get to the meeting point!
    Synonyms:
    prank

missed call meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

missed call in Tamil

a telephone call which the responder does not answer
தவறிய அழைப்பு tavaṟiya aḻaippu, விடுபட்ட அழைப்பு viṭupaṭṭa aḻaippu

missed call in Kannada

ಉತ್ತರಿಸದ ದೂರವಾಣಿ ಕರೆ, ತಪ್ಪಿದ ಕರೆ

missed call in Arabic

a telephone call which the responder does not answer
مُكَالِمَةٌ فَائِتَةٌ mukālimatun fāʔitatun

Synonyms of missed call

Forms of missed call

Noun
pluralmissed calls
Verb
third-person singular presentmissed calls
present participlemissed calling
past participlemissed called
pastmissed called

Questions about missed call

What does missed call mean?
Missed call means a telephone call which the responder does not answer.
What is missed call in Tamil?
Missed call in Tamil is தவறிய அழைப்பு (tavaṟiya aḻaippu), விடுபட்ட அழைப்பு (viṭupaṭṭa aḻaippu). See Missed call meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is missed call?
Missed call can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of missed call?
The plural of missed call is missed calls.

Words near missed call in the dictionary

  1. missed abortion
  2. missed abortions
  3. missed approach
  4. missed approach point
  5. missed approaches
  6. missed call
  7. missed called
  8. missed calls
  9. missed connection
  10. missed connections
  11. missed fire

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: missed call (page history and authors); missed call (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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