missed call

English

Noun

missed call (plural missed calls)

1. (telephoning) A telephone call which the responder does not answer.
2. (telephoning) A telephone call that is deliberately terminated by the caller before being answered by its intended recipient in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.

Translations

a telephone call which the responder does not answer

• Arabic: مُكَالِمَةٌ فَائِتَةٌ f (mukālimatun fāʔitatun)
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• Finnish: vastaamaton puhelu
• French: appel en absence (fr) m
• Georgian: გამოტოვებული ზარი (gamoṭovebuli zari)
• German: entgangener Anruf m, verpasster Anruf m (slightly colloquial), Anruf in Abwesenheit m
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• Hungarian: nem fogadott hívás
• Polish: puścić sygnał
• Russian: пропу́щенный звонок (propúščennyj zvonok)
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• Swahili: simufifi
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Verb

missed call (third-person singular simple present missed calls, present participle missed calling, simple past and past participle missed called)

1. To deliberately terminate a call before the recipient answers in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.

   Missed-call me when you get to the meeting point!

Synonyms

• prank