plural of butt dial

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butt dial

simple past tense and past participle of butt dial

(Canada, US, colloquial) The action of making a call from a cellphone in one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed

present participle of butt dial

A small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day.

(telecommunications, chiefly attributive) A service that allows an international (or other) telephone call to be made indirectly through another number, thus avoiding the usual call routing and potentially saving money.

(dated) telephone number

(idiomatic, informal) A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed. / (obsolete) A portable sundial of small size.

(idiomatic, informal) To accidentally make a call this way.