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telephone | phoneward |

As a noun telephone

is .

As an adverb phoneward is

(rare) towards a telephone.

telephone

English

(wikipedia telephone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone).
  • (US) Chinese whispers.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2013
    • , date=October 27 , author=Erik Adams , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “The PTA Disbands” , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=And since the spring of 1995, no game of telephone has ended without some Simpsons-loving smart-ass dropping “purple monkey dishwasher” into the chain. }}

    Synonyms

    * blower, phone, farspeaker, Ameche (slang), dog and bone (slang), horn (informal) * See also

    Derived terms

    * mobile telephone * public telephone * telephone book * telephone box * telephone call * telephone conference * telephone tag * telephonic * telephony

    Verb

    (telephon)
  • To contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I??? Why didn’t I telephone ??? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”}}

    Synonyms

    * call, drop a line, phone, ring * See also

    phoneward

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (rare) Towards a telephone.
  • * 1947 , Lucile Foster Fargo, The library in the school
    • The pet book produced, the librarian again starts phoneward , but is waylaid by the president of the student council.
  • * 1974 , Vladimir Nabokov, Look at the harlequins!
    • In the meantime Ivor had already skated phoneward across the parquetry to hear what Nina Lecerf or some other neighbor wanted.
  • * 1997 , H. B. Gilmour, Cher and Cher alike
    • "Dionne, one: I am seriously regretful over last night's lapse," I said, turning my head phoneward .