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nuisance call

nuisance call noun: an unsolicited, annoying telephone call, such as one originating from a telemarketer, robocaller, or prankster or one that is obscene or harassing.

Noun

nuisance call (plural nuisance calls)

  1. An unsolicited, annoying telephone call, such as one originating from a telemarketer, robocaller, or prankster or one that is obscene or harassing.
    • He was convicted in Monroe County Circuit Court in 1988 of making nuisance calls to Bernett in the early morning. During the calls, traced to his phone, he would either say nothing or curse.1990 August 15, Maurice D. Wozniak, “Murder-suicide unexplained”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 29 Dec 2015, page A12
    • "You often find the most nuisance calls in crime-ridden areas, because the citizens are in fear. So they'll call the police for ridiculous things."1996 June 2, Steve Vogel, “Poor areas wait longer for hard-pressed D.C. police”, in Washington Post, retrieved 29 Dec 2015

Examples of nuisance call in a sentence

  • [M]any mobile phone companies have nuisance call hotlines, to which you can report a bully's phone number.2004 August 11, Catherine Nixey, “Victim support in the playground”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 29 Dec 2015:
  • Richard Lloyd adds: “People are sick of being bombarded with nuisance calls that invade their privacy and waste their time.”2015 June 9, Tom Parry, “Survivors' guide to cold call plague: How to deal with unwanted nuisance calls and texts”, in Mirror, UK...

Forms of nuisance call

pluralnuisance calls

Words formed from nuisance call

Questions about nuisance call

What does nuisance call mean?
Nuisance call means an unsolicited, annoying telephone call, such as one originating from a telemarketer, robocaller, or prankster or one that is obscene or harassing.
How do you use nuisance call in a sentence?
[M]any mobile phone companies have nuisance call hotlines, to which you can report a bully's phone number.
What part of speech is nuisance call?
Nuisance call is a noun.
What is the plural of nuisance call?
The plural of nuisance call is nuisance calls.

Words near nuisance call in the dictionary

  1. NUI
  2. nuigurumi
  3. nuikatsu
  4. NUIs
  5. nuisance
  6. nuisance call
  7. nuisance caller
  8. nuisance callers
  9. nuisance calls
  10. nuisance candidate
  11. nuisance fee

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