misdial
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misdial (third-person singular simple present misdials, present participle (UK) misdialling or (US) misdialing, simple past and past participle (UK) misdialled or (US) misdialed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone.
- I misdialled her number and got through to a stranger.
- 2009 February 15, Habiba Nosheen, “Uh-Oh, Calcutta”, in New York Times[1]:
- As for Mr. Vashishta, he laughed in embarrassment as he recalled misdialing 911 not once but twice in a weekend.
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misdial (plural misdials)
- An instance of misdialling.
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