pocket-call

A form of pocket call — An unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in one's (pants or trouser) pocket due to body movement.

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Meanings

verbpocket-call (third-person singular simple present pocket-calls, present participle pocket-calling, simple past and past participle pocket-called)

present singular third person pocket-calls · participle present pocket-calling · participle past pocket-called · past pocket-called

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pocket call.

    She had pocket-called me and heard my surprise as they walked into my room.

    2017 January 27, Isobel Cotogni, “Shouldn’t we ask why Durham has the highest number of sexual assaults?”, in The Durham Tab
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    I think I got pocket-called by Leanne [Ricks wife ] and it sounded Iike she was running.

    2020 January 26, Andrew Koubaridis, “Rick Hodge and Greg Brick bravely save neighbours homes from Buchan fires”, in Herald Sun

    "I had accidentally pocket-called triple-0, and when I got to a quiet spot I looked at my phone and had all these missed calls [from the Emergency Call Service]," he told ABC Radio Sydney.

    2018 November 15, Amanda Hoh, “What happens when you accidentally call triple-0?”, in ABC News, Sydney
Cite this entry
APA

pocket-call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket-call

MLA

“pocket-call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket-call. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pocket-call,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket-call.

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