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wangiri

wangiri noun: a type of phone call scam in which the caller dials a random number and immediately hangs up in the hopes that the recipient will call back.

Noun

wangiri

  1. A type of phone call scam in which the caller dials a random number and immediately hangs up in the hopes that the recipient will call back.

Origin of wangiri

Borrowed from Japanese ワン切(ぎ)り (wangiri).

Questions about wangiri

What does wangiri mean?
Wangiri means a type of phone call scam in which the caller dials a random number and immediately hangs up in the hopes that the recipient will call back.
What part of speech is wangiri?
Wangiri is a noun.

Words near wangiri in the dictionary

  1. wanghees
  2. Wanghua
  3. Wangi Wangi
  4. Wangie
  5. wanging
  6. wangiri
  7. Wangjam
  8. Wangkajunga
  9. Wangkatjunga
  10. Wangkheimayum
  11. Wangkhem

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