phoning
verbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈfəʊnɪŋ//
- United States//ˈfoʊnɪŋ//
The act of placing a telephone call.
verb
- 1
Also a form of phonepresent participle and gerund of phone
noun
- 1
informalThe act of placing a telephone call.
So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]
Forms
- plural
- phonings
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phoning · The act of placing a telephone call.
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