drop call en · VERB
Etymology
Compare drop (“to come to an end; to stop”) as in the call dropped.
Meanings
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(transitive) To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
He asks for my number, before he forgets, and drop-calls me so I can save his.
2023, NJ Mackay, The Quiet Dead, London: Hera Books, →ISBN, page [141]:"Have you got your phone? I'll give you my number." […] I looked back at my friends as Sam typed her number into my phone, […] I drop-called her and we said goodbye, […]
2019, Kate Davies, In at the Deep End, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 69:Waiting for the heads-up from Skimmer is killing me, but all I can do is wait patiently. […] Skimmer drop calls me and I head towards our meeting place.
2023, Rich Jones, Overseas Operations, StoryUp Media, →ISBN, page [46]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drop-call | alternative | lexicographic | |
| drop calls | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| drop calling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| drop called | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| drop called | Tense=Past | lexicographic |