(US, Canada) To press the keys in succession on the keypad of a telephone, usually after a missed call, which results in a last-call return by automatically dialling the telephone number of the last c
(US, Canada) To press the keys in succession on the keypad of a telephone, usually after a missed call, which results in a last-call return by automatically dialling the telephone number of the last caller.
He rushed to the phone to star 69 before anyone else called.
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(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as the equivalent number of pulses.
(North America, colloquial) The action of making a call from a cellphone in one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.
(transitive, slang, AAVE) To return a missed phone call with (someone).
(US) The symbol # on a telephone.
(North America, colloquial, somewhat, vulgar) A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed.