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bat phone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
bat -phone
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls

Informal

Etymology

From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bat phones (plural) batphone (alternative) bat-phone (alternative)

Questions

What does bat phone mean?
A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls
Where does bat phone come from?
From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show.

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