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A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.
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To call (an unsuspecting person) on the telephone as a practical joke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اِتِّصَال مَقْلَب
(ittiṣāl maqlab)
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Chinese Mandarin:
惡作劇電話 /恶作剧电话
(èzuòjù diànhuà)
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Chinese Mandarin:
整蠱電話 /整蛊电话
(zhěnggǔ diànhuà)
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Finnish:
pilapuhelu
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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German:
Scherzanruf
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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German:
Telefonstreich
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Japanese:
悪戯電話
(itazura denwa)
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Portuguese:
trote
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Spanish:
chanza telefónica
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone
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Swedish:
busringning
— practical joke made by calling victim on the telephone