butt dial

English

Noun

butt dial (plural butt dials)

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

Synonyms

• (accidental call): pocket dial

Verb

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

1. (Canada, US, colloquial) To accidentally make a call this way.

Synonyms

• (accidentally call): pocket dial