butt dial

noun

A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.

“sorry didnt meana butt dial u, ttyl!”

Similar
pocket dial
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Meanings

nounbutt dial (plural butt dials)

plural butt dials · alternative buttdial

  1. CanadaUScolloquialvulgarA situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.

    Synonyms: pocket dial

verbbutt dial (third-person singular simple present butt dials, present participle (US) butt dialing or (UK) butt dialling, simple past and past participle (US) butt dialed or (UK) butt dialled)

present singular third person butt dials · US participle present butt dialing · UK participle present butt dialling · US participle past butt dialed · US past butt dialed · UK participle past butt dialled · UK past butt dialled · alternative buttdial

  1. CanadaUScolloquialtransitivevulgarTo accidentally make a call this way.

    sorry didnt meana butt dial u, ttyl!

    Synonyms: pocket dial

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.

Similar
pocket dial

verbTo accidentally make a call this way.

Similar
pocket dial
Also see
bum dialbutt callpocket dial
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APA

butt dial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butt%20dial

MLA

“butt dial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butt%20dial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butt dial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butt%20dial.

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