PHONE


Meaning of PHONE in English

n. 25B6; noun

she spent hours on the phone : TELEPHONE, mobile (phone), cellphone, car phone, cordless phone, speakerphone; extension; Brit. informal blower; Brit. rhyming slang dog and bone.

give me a phone sometime : CALL, telephone call, phone call; Brit. ring; informal buzz; Brit. informal tinkle, bell.

25B6; verb I'll phone you later : TELEPHONE, call, give someone a call; Brit. ring, ring up, give someone a ring; informal call up, give someone a buzz; Brit. informal give someone a bell/tinkle, get on the blower to; N. Amer. informal get someone on the horn.

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