drop call

English

Alternative forms

• drop-call

Etymology

Compare drop (“to come to an end; to stop”) as in the call dropped.

Verb

drop call (third-person singular simple present drop calls, present participle drop calling, simple past and past participle drop called)

1. To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
   • 2019, Kate Davies, In at the Deep End, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 69:

     "Have you got your phone? I'll give you my number." […] I looked back at my friends as Sam typed her number into my phone, […] I drop-called her and we said goodbye, […]

   • 2023, Rich Jones, Overseas Operations, StoryUp Media, →ISBN, page [46]:

     Waiting for the heads-up from Skimmer is killing me, but all I can do is wait patiently. […] Skimmer drop calls me and I head towards our meeting place.

   • 2023, NJ Mackay, The Quiet Dead, London: Hera Books, →ISBN, page [141]:

     He asks for my number, before he forgets, and drop-calls me so I can save his.

See also

• “drop call”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.

Anagrams

• poll card