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pocket dialling

pocket dialling 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 dialling

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

Words near pocket dialling in the dictionary

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

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