butt dial

butt dial

English

Alternative forms

Noun

butt dial (plural butt dials)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, somewhat vulgar) A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.
    Synonym: pocket dial

Verb

butt dial (third-person singular simple present butt dials, present participle (US) butt dialing or (UK) butt dialling, simple past and past participle (US) butt dialed or (UK) butt dialled)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, somewhat vulgar, transitive) To accidentally make a call this way.
    Synonym: pocket dial
    sorry didnt meana butt dial u, ttyl!