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prank call en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.
   • Until noon only 251 prank calls to the Bronx Zoo had been sifted out, compared with the day-long total of 3352 on April 1, 1960. The pranksters would call Wellington 3-1500 to talk with a "Mr. Fox" (or Lyon, Bear or Wolf). 1961 April 2, “April Fool Phone Calls Decline Sharply in City”, in New York Times, page 87:

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Synonyms

crank call

Translations (10)

ja 悪戯電話 (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · cmn 整蠱電話 /整蛊电话 (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · ar اِتِّصَال مَقْلَب (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · es chanza telefónica (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · de Telefonstreich (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · cmn 惡作劇電話 /恶作剧电话 (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · de Scherzanruf (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · sv busringning (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · fi pilapuhelu (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone) · pt trote (practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone)

prank call en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To call (an unsuspecting person) on the telephone as a practical joke.

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Relateds

nuisance call