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bat phone

noun

Etymology

From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show.

  1. derived from φωνή — “sound”
  2. prefixed as bat phone — “Bat- + phone”

Definitions

  1. A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for…

    A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls

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