ghost call

ɡoʊst kɔl

Definition

Definition of ghost call - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

telephony

Rare

phone call with no one on the line

Rare

I received a ghost call last night.

phantom call

phantom call

TECH.

call that appears in call logs but was never made

TECH.

My phone showed a ghost call to an unknown number.

phantom call

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Expressions with ghost

ghost ship

abandoned ship possibly haunted and adrift

The sailors were terrified of the ghost ship.

ghost town

abandoned town with few or no people living there

The old mining camp is now a ghost town.

ghost banning

blocking a user without their knowledge

The platform used ghost banning to control spam.

ghost kitchen

kitchen preparing food for delivery only

The ghost kitchen operates solely through online orders.

ghost of a chance

extremely slim hope

She held on to a ghost of a chance that he might return.

white as a ghost

adj.

extremely pale, usually from fear, shock, or illness

She turned white as a ghost when she heard the news.

Expressions with call

call around

make several phone calls to gather information

She decided to call around to find the best deal.

call for

request or demand something

The situation calls for immediate action.

call in

request someone to come for assistance or consultation

The manager decided to call in a consultant for expert advice..

call names

insult someone by using offensive or rude words

The children were punished for calling names at each other during recess..

call someone's number

contact someone by phone

I need to call her number to confirm the meeting time.

call in sick

inform work or school of absence due to illness

She had to call in sick today.

call it a day

exp.

stop working for the day

Let's call it a day and go home.

call it off

cancel or stop something

They decided to call it off due to bad weather.

call off

cancel or abandon a planned activity

They had to call off the meeting due to bad weather..

call on

visit someone for a short time

We will call on Grandma this afternoon.

Examples of ghost call in a sentence

She was puzzled by the frequent ghost calls on her phone.
I noticed a ghost call on my phone bill.
The technician explained the ghost call issue to us.

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French:appel fantôme, ...
German:Geisteranruf, Phantomanruf, ...
Italian:chiamata muta, chiamata inesistente, ...
Spanish:llamada fantasma, llamada inexistente, ...
Portuguese:chamada fantasma, ligação fantasma, ...
Chinese:空号来电, 幽灵电话, ...
Japanese:無言電話, ゴーストコール, ...
Arabic:مكالمة شبح, مُكالَمَة وَهْمِيَّة, ...
Hebrew:שִׂיחַת רְפָאִים, ...
Russian:пустой звонок, фантомный звонок, ...
Ukrainian:порожній дзвінок, фантомний дзвінок, ...
Hindi:घोस्ट कॉल, भूतिया कॉल, ...
Bengali:ভূতুড়ে কল, ভূত কল, ...
Catalan:trucada fantasma, trucada fantasma al registre, ...
Czech:němý hovor, fantomový hovor, ...
Danish:spøgelsesopkald, fantomopkald, ...
Dutch:spookoproep, fantoomoproep, ...
Greek:κλήση φάντασμα, κλήση φάντασμα στο αρχείο, ...
Hungarian:néma hívás, kísértethívás, ...
Khmer:ការហៅទូរស័ព្ទគ្មានអ្នកឆ្លើយ, ការហៅដែលលេចក្នុងកំណត់ត្រាការហៅ ទោះមិនបានហៅពិតប្រាកដ, ...
Korean:유령 전화, 유령 통화, ...
Persian:تماس روح, تماس فانتوم, ...
Polish:pusty telefon, fantomowe połączenie, ...
Portuguese (BR):chamada fantasma, ...
Romanian:apel fantomă, apel inexistent, ...
Swedish:spöksamtal, fantomsamtal, ...
Thai:สายหลอน, สายโทรศัพท์ที่ไม่เคยโทร, ...
Turkish:hayalet arama, görünmez çağrı, ...
Vietnamese:cuộc gọi ma, cuộc gọi ảo, ...

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