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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butt dial

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
but-t -di-al
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.

Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial

verb

To accidentally make a call this way.

Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

butt dials (plural) buttdial (alternative) butt dials (present, singular) butt dialing (US, participle) butt dialling (UK, participle) butt dialed (US, participle) butt dialed (US, past) butt dialled (UK, participle) butt dialled (UK, past)

Synonyms

pocket dial

Questions

What does butt dial mean?
A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.

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