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Meaning of "nuisance call" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NUISANCE CALL

nuisance call  [ˈnjuːsəns kɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUISANCE CALL

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nuisance call is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NUISANCE CALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nuisance call

Nuisance calls encompass any type of unwanted, unsolicited, telephone call. Common types of nuisance calls include prank calls, telemarketing calls, and silent calls. Obscene phone calls and other threatening calls are criminal acts in most jurisdictions, particularly when hate crime is involved. Unsolicited calls may also be used to initiate telephone frauds. Fax machines may also receive junk faxes via unsolicited calls. Caller ID provides some protection against unwanted calls, but can still be turned off by the calling party. Even where end-user Caller ID is not available, calls are still logged, both in billing records at the originating telco and via automatic number identification, so the perpetrator's phone number can still be discovered in many cases. However, these do not provide complete protection: harassers can use payphones, in some cases, caller ID can be spoofed or blocked. Mobile telephone abusers can use "throwaway" mobile phones or SIMs. Voice over IP users may send bogus caller ID or route calls through servers in multiple countries.

Definition of nuisance call in the English dictionary

The definition of nuisance call in the dictionary is an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NUISANCE CALL


all
ɔːl
ball
bɔːl
baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
call
kɔːl
fall
fɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
hall
hɔːl
install
ɪnˈstɔːl
jackal
ˈdʒækɔːl
McCall
məˈkɔːl
Nepal
nɪˈpɔːl
outcall
ˈaʊtˌkɔːl
overall
ˈəʊvərˌɔːl
Paul
pɔːl
photocall
ˈfəʊtəʊkɔːl
recall
rɪˈkɔːl
robocall
ˈrəʊbəʊˌkɔːl
Rockall
ˈrɒkɔːl
scall
skɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUISANCE CALL

nugae
nugatoriness
nugatory
nuggar
nugget
nuggety
NUGMW
nuisance
nuisance caller
nuisance value
nuisancer
Nuits-Saint-Georges
NUJ
nuke
nuke the fridge
Nuku´alofa
Nukus
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WORDS THAT END LIKE NUISANCE CALL

alarm call
clarion call
close call
collect call
conference call
curtain call
emergency call
follow-up call
house call
line call
local call
long-distance call
on call
phone call
photo call
roll call
telephone call
too close to call
total recall
video call
wake-up call

Synonyms and antonyms of nuisance call in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nuisance call» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NUISANCE CALL

Find out the translation of nuisance call to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nuisance call from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nuisance call» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骚扰电话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llamada molestia
570 millions of speakers

English

nuisance call
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपद्रव कॉल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

دعوة المزعجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неприятность звонок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chamada incômodo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপহাস কল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

appel malveillant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Panggilan gangguan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ärgernis Anruf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

迷惑電話
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

귀찮은 전화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gangguan telpon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc gọi phiền toái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொல்லை அழைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उपद्रव कॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rahatsız edici çağrı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiamata fastidio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uciążliwe połączenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неприємність дзвінок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apel pacoste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενόχληση κλήση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorlas oproep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

störande samtals
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plage samtale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nuisance call

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUISANCE CALL»

The term «nuisance call» is normally little used and occupies the 138.152 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUISANCE CALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nuisance call» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nuisance call» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nuisance call

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUISANCE CALL»

Discover the use of nuisance call in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nuisance call and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comprehension detective
1. Find the dictionary meaning of 'hoax'. 4 Beach Road, Windies Resort. R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au Nuisance Call Police Constable Stanley Webber was called into his chief's office. Another call-out for that woman, Meg Burrows.
Gunter Schymkiw, 2003
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Etiquette For Dummies
If you happen to pick up a nuisance call, just hang up the phone without comment . Every telephone company has a department that deals with nuisance calls and other telephone offenses. By all means, call the phone company, ask for the ...
Sue Fox, 2011
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French Dictionary of Information Technology: French/English, ...
call; nuisance call; ~ incomplet incomplete call; ~ individuel direct operator signalling; ~ inefficace uncompleted call; abortive call; ~ infructueux uncompleted call; unsuccessful call; abortive call; ~ instable uncompleted call; abortive call; ...
Terry R. Pyper, 1989
4
Harmful Content on the Internet and in Video Games: Tenth ...
When apparently dangerous situations, such as grooming, are identified by moderators, they can act to block user accounts and report the incident to O2's specialist team at its Nuisance Call Bureau. O2's Nuisance Call Bureau has close links ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2008
5
Self-Defense for Women
You will also have a recording of the nuisance call. Make sure that you have a few spare tapes so that you do not record over the nuisance call or calls. If you have a digital phone, you may be able to save the call. chapter 11 In the Office ...
Lavinia Soo-Warr, 2009
6
Sweet and Sour
There's the nuisance call, the kind where you answer the phone and no one answers back. You say hello two, maybe three times, and then you hear a click, which means some butterfinger dialed the wrong number and doesn't know what to ...
Mary Kay Remick, 2000
7
Dear Hacker: Letters to the Editor of 2600
Iwent to pick it up and it was the trademark telemarketer nuisance call. As some ofyou may rememberfrom the pastfew issues, there have been some articles that describe how telemarketers work. Occasionally telemarketers' computers will call  ...
Emmanuel Goldstein, 2010
8
Telecom Management for Call Centers: A Practical Guide
This is known as a silent call or a nuisance call. The called party hears only silence when the predictive dialer does not at least play a recorded message. The experience for the clients who receive a silent call can be very unsatisfactory when ...
Luiz Augusto De Carvalho, Olavo Alves Jr, 2011
9
Emergency 000
If a person is caught making a nuisance call to a 000 emergency number there are penalties, such as fines, that can be imposed on the person. All 000 emergency calls can be traced to where the call was made from. The Police Emergency ...
Mary Filmer, Frank Filmer, Judy Gabrovec, 1999
10
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(10) The switching system shall provide nuisance call trap facilities which, when activated, provide a permanent record of the calling and called numbers complete with date and time of day. Where the call originates over an interoffice trunk, the ...
Office of the Federal Register (U.S.) Staff, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUISANCE CALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nuisance call is used in the context of the following news items.
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Caller rang police and asked for the Jeremy Kyle Show's number
This nuisance call is not an isolated incident as West Midlands Police have received numerous calls of this nature in recent months. «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
2
Push from Georgia's Attorney General to Block Robocalls
She said she gets at least one nuisance call a day, but sometimes that increases to two or three. “And it can be in the evening, too,” she said. «WSAV-TV, Jul 15»
3
VIDEO: Bear cubs frolic on backyard slide
“When you see a tag in a bear it was either from our officers on a nuisance call, or it could have been tagged for research,” Rutkowski said. «New Jersey Herald, Jul 15»
4
Charter launched to exorcise nuisance marketing in personal injury …
In a report published earlier this year, the regulator Ofcom found that nine in ten people (86 per cent) receive at least one nuisance call every ... «Solicitors Journal, Jul 15»
5
Call for tougher action against so-called nuisance call number …
The consumer watchdog Which? has called for tougher action against so-called nuisance call number spoofing. It warns that their increasing ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
6
Overnight Tech: Uber becomes 2016 issue
"It's also important that consumers control who they want to hear from since what could be viewed as a nuisance call by one person would be a ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
7
Everything you need to know about the charity fundraising crisis
... is to investigate alleged “boiler room” tactics used to fundraise from those registered with the government's opt-out nuisance call database ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Exeter is UK's 4th worst place for nuisance calls
Figures show the city is the country's 4th top nuisance call hotspot, with almost two in three people (64%) receiving up to 15 calls a week and ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
9
Latest from Iran
... from the government's opt-out nuisance call database, the Telephone Preference Service which allows those registered to prevent sales calls ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
10
Charities investigated for 'calling vulnerable people for money'
... charities, following allegations that their fundraisers contacted people registered with the government's opt-out nuisance call database. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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