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pocket dialing

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

Meaning of pocket dial

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)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) 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
    Synonyms:
    butt dial

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Questions about pocket dialing

What is pocket dialing the present participle and gerund of?
Pocket dialing is the present participle and gerund of pocket dial.

Words near pocket dialing in the dictionary

  1. pocket computers
  2. Pocket Cube
  3. Pocket Cubes
  4. pocket dial
  5. pocket dialed
  6. pocket dialing
  7. pocket dialled
  8. pocket dialling
  9. pocket dials
  10. pocket diaper
  11. pocket diapers

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