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prank call

noun

Definitions

  1. A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually…

    A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.

    • Until noon only 251 prank calls to the Bronx Zoo had been sifted out, compared with the day-long total of 3352 on April 1, 1960. The pranksters would call Wellington 3-1500 to talk with a "Mr. Fox" (or Lyon, Bear or Wolf).

  2. To call (an unsuspecting person) on the telephone as a practical joke.

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