prank call
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[edit]Noun
[edit]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).
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[edit]practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Verb
[edit]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.