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CRANK CALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crank call mean? 

CRANK CALL (noun)
  The noun CRANK CALL has 1 sense:

1. a hostile telephone call (from a crank)play

  Familiarity information: CRANK CALL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRANK CALL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hostile telephone call (from a crank)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("crank call" is a kind of...):

call; phone call; telephone call (a telephone connection)


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