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单词 pocket-dial
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pocket-dial

North American informal
verb (pocket-dials, pocket-dialling, pocket-dialled; US pocket-dials, pocket-dialing, pocket-dialed) [with object]
Inadvertently call (someone) on a mobile phone in one’s pocket, as a result of pressure being accidentally applied to a button or buttons on the phone: he pocket-dialled the police and dispatchers listened in on a conversation about the sale of drugs...
  • His smartphone pocket-dials his significant other who hears everything.
  • The ring also allows users to accept or reject incoming calls, speed dial numbers and notify if you've pocket-dialled someone.
  • Two sisters were arrested after inadvertently pocket-dialing the hotel they had allegedly just robbed.
noun (pocket dial)
An inadvertent call made on a mobile phone in one’s pocket, as a result of pressure being applied accidentally to a button or buttons on the phone: deputies said a pocket dial to 911 led them to an underage drinking party...
  • Cellphone pocket dials alone accounted for 420 false 911 calls to the dispatch centre in October.
  • The school also self-reported seven phone calls that were pocket dials.
  • He was arrested in March after what police described as a pocket dial to 911 dispatchers.
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