Robocall
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Robocall is a noun meaning (US) An automated phone call, commonly for telemarketing purposes, that uses both an autodialer and a recorded message.
Meaning
(US) An automated phone call, commonly for telemarketing purposes, that uses both an autodialer and a recorded message.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To make a robocall to.
Example Sentences
Republicans robo-called Americans during their dinner and evening hours, blaming the annoying calls on Democrats.
The e-mailers are upset about “robocalls”—pre-recorded, automated phone calls containing anti-Democratic political messages.
Things are at least as bad on mobile phones, which were the lucky recipients of 48 billion robocalls in the United States alone last year.
Rand Paul’s presidential campaign has drafted in his father, libertarian icon Ron Paul, to directly attack Republican rival Ted Cruz in a robocall in Iowa, the first time the former presidential candidate has gone on the offensive on his son’s behalf.
Word Forms
- robocalls
- robo call
- robo-call
- robocalling
- robocalled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include callback, ringback, phonebank, call-in, answerphone, robopoll.
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