pocket-dial

A form of pocket dial — A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.

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Meanings

nounpocket-dial (plural pocket-dials)

plural pocket-dials

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pocket dial.
verbpocket-dial (third-person singular simple present pocket-dials, present participle (US) pocket-dialing or (UK) pocket-dialling, simple past and past participle (US) pocket-dialed or (UK) pocket-dialled)

present singular third person pocket-dials · US participle present pocket-dialing · UK participle present pocket-dialling · US participle past pocket-dialed · US past pocket-dialed · UK participle past pocket-dialled · UK past pocket-dialled

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pocket dial.
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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