pocket dial
pocket dial noun: a situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.
Noun
pocket dial (plural pocket dials)
- A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.
- But consider this first: How do you know that he really meant to call you and this wasn't just an accidental pocket dial?2013, Jess McCann, Was It Something I Said?: The Answer To All Your Dating Dilemmas, Skirt!, →ISBN, pages 7–8
- It started off sounding like a pocket dial with incoherent noise and shouting […]2013, Elle Fowler, Blair Fowler, Where Beauty Lies, St. Martin's Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 60
- Synonyms:
- butt dial
- A portable sundial of small size.
Verb
pocket dial (third-person singular simple present pocket dials, present participle (US) pocket dialing or (UK) pocket dialling, simple past and past participle (US) pocket dialed or (UK) pocket dialled)
- To accidentally make a call this way.
- I answered and quickly realized that the person had “pocket dialed” me— his phone had called mine unintentionally.2012, Dudley Rutherford, God Has an App for That: Discover God's Solutions for the Major Issues of Life, Gospel Light, published 2012, →ISBN, page 115
- I laugh despite myself, wiping my face with my sleeve. "Dan, you called me."
"Oh, Bird! Is that you?" he says, laughing. "I must have pocket dialed you."2015, Alecia Whitaker, The Road to You, Poppy, published 2015, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- butt dial
pocket dial meaning in Bengali
pocket dial in Bengali
- ভুলবশত এইভাবে কল করা
Synonyms of pocket dial
Forms of pocket dial
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pocket dials |
| alternative form | pocket-dial |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pocket dials |
| present participle US | pocket dialing |
| present participle UK | pocket dialling |
| past participle US | pocket dialed |
| past US | pocket dialed |
| past participle UK | pocket dialled |
| past UK | pocket dialled |
Questions about pocket dial
- What does pocket dial mean?
- Pocket dial means a situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.
- What is pocket dial in Bengali?
- Pocket dial in Bengali is ভুলবশত এইভাবে কল করা. See Pocket dial meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is pocket dial?
- Pocket dial can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of pocket dial?
- The plural of pocket dial is pocket dials.
Words near pocket dial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pocket dial (page history and authors); pocket dial (Bengali 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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