prank call
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.
Example Sentences
- "Until noon only 251 prank calls to the Bronx Zoo had been sifted out, compared with the day-long total of 3352 on April 1, 1960. The pranksters would call Wellington 3-1500 to talk with a "Mr. Fox" (or Lyon, Bear or Wolf)."