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单词 prank call
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Definition of prank call in English:

prank call

noun
  • A mischievous telephone call made to trick someone.

    someone made a prank call to police
    she received a prank call by a caller claiming to be Russia's president
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The centre currently handles an average of 110,000 calls a month, and 40 percent of those are prank calls.
    • Thousands of employees had to be evacuated from the buildings after what the police later classified as prank calls.
    • Within moments you were using his mobile phone to make prank calls to your ex-girlfriends.
    • The threat letters and prank calls have become more frequent.
    • I would spend hours with my friends devising prank calls.
    • I've only made maybe two prank calls in my life.
    • A prank call tied up members of three emergency services in a fruitless search for a body in the Garavogue river.
    • It was a life and death emergency, but a 911 operator dismissed it as a prank call.
    • Essex County Fire and Rescue Service and Essex Ambulance Service also have to contend with numerous prank calls.
    • He was out of breath and frantic at the time, and I assumed it was a prank call.
    • What was the whole story behind the prank call?
    • A businesswoman was left "angry and embarrassed" after a national radio station made a prank call to her.
    • The court was told that after stealing the mobile phone he made two prank calls to former girlfriends.

Derivatives

  • prank caller

  • noun
    • Fast food restaurants are not only battling nutrition experts and mad cow reports, but a silent foe: virulent prank callers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A prank caller falsely accused her of stealing money from a customer.
      • Prank callers should really get a life.
      • Another time, a prank caller had him driving up and down the same street looking for an imaginary address.
      • I'm not the type you'd except to be a prank caller.

Definition of prank call in US English:

prank call

noun
  • A mischievous telephone call made to trick someone.

    someone made a prank call to the police
    she received a prank call by a caller claiming to be Russia's president
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I would spend hours with my friends devising prank calls.
    • I've only made maybe two prank calls in my life.
    • The centre currently handles an average of 110,000 calls a month, and 40 percent of those are prank calls.
    • Thousands of employees had to be evacuated from the buildings after what the police later classified as prank calls.
    • The court was told that after stealing the mobile phone he made two prank calls to former girlfriends.
    • A businesswoman was left "angry and embarrassed" after a national radio station made a prank call to her.
    • A prank call tied up members of three emergency services in a fruitless search for a body in the Garavogue river.
    • Within moments you were using his mobile phone to make prank calls to your ex-girlfriends.
    • Essex County Fire and Rescue Service and Essex Ambulance Service also have to contend with numerous prank calls.
    • It was a life and death emergency, but a 911 operator dismissed it as a prank call.
    • What was the whole story behind the prank call?
    • The threat letters and prank calls have become more frequent.
    • He was out of breath and frantic at the time, and I assumed it was a prank call.
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