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phone-in

phone-in noun: a show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.

Noun

phone-in (plural phone-ins)

  1. A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
  2. A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.
    • In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.1986 April 5, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “PBS Runs Anti-Black, Anti-Gay AIDS Show”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Forms of phone-in

pluralphone-ins

Origin of phone-in

Deverbal from phone in.

Phrases with phone-in

Questions about phone-in

What does phone-in mean?
Phone-in means a show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
What part of speech is phone-in?
Phone-in is a noun.
What is the plural of phone-in?
The plural of phone-in is phone-ins.

Words near phone-in in the dictionary

  1. phone-banking
  2. phone-banks
  3. phone-box
  4. phone-boxes
  5. phone-free
  6. phone-in
  7. phone-in show
  8. phone-in shows
  9. phone-ins
  10. phone-out
  11. phone-outs

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