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English
Noun
prank call (plural prank calls)
- A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.
1961 April 2, “April Fool Phone Calls Decline Sharply in City”, in New York Times, page 87: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).
Synonyms
Translations
practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
Verb
prank call (third-person singular simple present prank calls, present participle prank calling, simple past and past participle prank called)
- (transitive) To call (an unsuspecting person) on the telephone as a practical joke.
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