missed call

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missed call

noun missed calls

  1. A telephone call which the responder does not answer.
  2. A telephone call that is deliberately terminated by the caller before being answered by its intended recipient in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.

verb missed calls · missed calling · missed called

  1. To deliberately terminate a call before the recipient answers in order to communicate a pre-agreed message. Missed-call me when you get to the meeting point!

    Similar: prank

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noun a telephone call which the responder does not answer

Españolllamada perdida
日本語不在着信
中文未接來電 /未接来电 wèijiē láidiàn
Kiswahilisimufifi
Françaisappel en absence
Deutschentgangener Anruf, verpasster Anruf, Anruf in Abwesenheit
Românăbip
Русскийпропу́щенный звонок propúščennyj zvonok
العربيةمُكَالِمَةٌ فَائِتَةٌ mukālimatun fāʔitatun

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@misc{missed_call_2026,
  title = {missed call},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/missed%20call},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}