prank call
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prank call
noun prank calls
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A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.
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).
Similar: crank call
verb prank calls · prank calling · prank called
- To call (an unsuspecting person) on the telephone as a practical joke.
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noun practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
| Español | chanza telefónica |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 悪戯電話 itazura denwa |
| 中文 | 惡作劇電話 /恶作剧电话 èzuòjù diànhuà, 整蠱電話 /整蛊电话 zhěnggǔ diànhuà |
| Português | trote |
| Deutsch | Scherzanruf, Telefonstreich |
| العربية | اِتِّصَال مَقْلَب ittiṣāl maqlab |
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@misc{prank_call_2026,
title = {prank call},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prank%20call},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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