crank call

noun

A prank call.

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Meanings

nouncrank call (plural crank calls)

plural crank calls

  1. A prank call.

    Bart is predictably devastated, but the plot thread wraps itself up all too neatly when Bart gets Laura to see through Jimbo’s bad-boy façade by framing Jimbo for one of his own habitual crank calls to Moe.

    2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

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prank call
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APA

crank call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crank%20call

MLA

“crank call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crank%20call. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crank call,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crank%20call.

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