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Definition of a dial

dial

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':

Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: British slang for an Asian or Middle-Eastern person.
Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time".
Definitions include: an asshole.
Definitions include: an idiotic or incompetent person.
Definitions include: to steal.
Definitions include: very ugly.
Definitions include: acronym for "Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
Definitions include: a male homosexual's sexual partner.
Definitions include: a female.
Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
Definitions include: a member of a British subculture characterized by low- or middle-class youths with characteristics such as wearing athletic clothing, Burberry brand clothing, and gold chains, listening to rap music, driving low-end but "souped up" automobiles, and engaging in drunken and other crass behavior.
Definitions include: a very unattractive person.
Definitions include: in American English: an irascible old male person.
Definitions include: The same as ditto (British).

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Other terms relating to 'dial':

Definitions include: When a small child accidentally calls people using their parent's phone. Similar to a butt-dial.
Definitions include: to accidentally call a person on a cellphone that's in one's pocket.
Definitions include: to reduce in frequency or intensity.
Definitions include: to reduce.
Definitions include: extreme approval, great, awesome, fine or meaning to be perfect, precise or better.
Definitions include: To be very proficient at a given activity.
Definitions include: to vomit.
Definitions include: a bore, dullard.
Definitions include: to make or get something.
Definitions include: to make a phone call while drunk.

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