911

alternative 9-1-1 · alternative nine-one-one · alternative nine one one

1. The telephone number for emergency services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Liberia, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Anguilla, Palau, and Tonga.First known use 1968

   After witnessing what was possibly a robbery, she called 911.

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   When you call 911 in the United States, a local dispatcher usually answers the phone with "911" or "911. What's your emergency?"

   I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911? You mean 999... I mean 999! That's the American one! Yeah!

   2006 Feb. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2

   Well, look, I wear a mask, I try not to be a maskhole about it. If I see — if I see somebody who doesn't have a mask, I don't call 911.

   2021 March 18, John Kennedy, quotee, “SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R-LA) IS INTERVIEWED ON FOX NEWS”, in Political Transcript Wire, Lanham

   Many still assume that “you call 988 and — much like 911 — that means someone is going to be dispatched to you,” said Hannah Wesolowski, NAMI’s chief advocacy officer. “For the vast majority — almost all callers — that’s not actually the case.”

   2023 July 13, Christina Caron, “Is the New 988 Suicide Hotline Working?”, in The New York Times

plural 911s

1. BelizeCanadaPhilippinesUScountablemetonymicallyuncountableLiberiaEmergency services; emergency service personnel.

   911 is sending an ambulance.

2. BelizeCanadaPhilippinesUScolloquialcountablemetonymicallyuncountableLiberiaAn emergency phone call.
3. BelizeCanadaPhilippinesUScolloquialcountablemetonymicallyuncountableLiberiaAn emergency.

present singular third person 911s · participle present 911ing · participle past 911ed · past 911ed

1. BelizeCanadaPhilippinesUScolloquialLiberiaTo call emergency services.

   London hairstylist Rick Haylor for the John Frieda Salon—the man Nicole Kidman 911s when she wants her curly mop to lie down and look glamorous—tells you how to go straight.

   1997 August 28, “50 New Fall Hair Looks”, in Cosmopolitan, volume 223, number 2, page 208

1. automotiveA prominent family of sports cars manufactured by Porsche.First known use 1964

   Synonyms: Porsche 911