Meanings
- CanadaUScolloquialuncountableThe action of making a call from a cellphone in one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed
I love this phone because it has GPS on it as well as the flip covers the keypad..so no more purse or butt dialing! LOL
2002 July 8, Aclavern33, “Re: Is there a great deal on any SPCS phone now for existing customer?”, in alt.cellular.sprintpcs (Usenet), retrieved 06 Oct 2018, message-ID <20020707220838.13072.00004393@mb-mu.aol.com>2 more examples
[I'm curious why they would include such a feature in the first place.] Butt dialing. Especially since some phones call 911 if you hold down one key on the phone for several seconds, it's easy to accidentally dial 911. On certain Nextel phones you hold down "9" for a couple of seconds and it dials 911.
2007 November 24, Gordon Burditt, “Re: Design flaw in Verizon cell phones let criminals know you are dialing 911 via audible tone.”, in alt.politics (Usenet), retrieved 06 Oct 2018, message-ID <13kh1sbqrvo335f@corp.supernews.com>The Moto-G is the only one without a fingerprint sensor, which probably means it's more vulnerable to butt-dialing, unless they have new techniques I'm not familiar with.
2016 July 8, crankypuss, “unlocked phones: Moto-G vs OnePlus 3 vs iPhone SE?”, in comp.mobile.android (Usenet), retrieved 06 Oct 2018, message-ID <nlnv5h$nn9$1@gioia.aioe.org>
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of butt dial
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butt dialing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butt%20dialing
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