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)

  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)