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butt dial en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, vulgar) A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.

Forms

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buttdial alternative lexicographic
butt dials Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

pocket dial

butt dial en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, transitive, vulgar) To accidentally make a call this way.
    • sorry didnt meana butt dial u, ttyl!

Forms

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butt dialled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
butt dialled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
buttdial alternative lexicographic
butt dialling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
butt dialing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
butt dialed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
butt dialed Tense=Past US lexicographic
butt dials Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

pocket dial