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   phone

   /fəʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a telephone: "a few seconds later the phone rang" Similar telephonemobile phonemobilecell phonecar phoneradiotelephonecordless phonevideophoneextensionspeakerphoneinformal:blowerrhyming slang:dog and bone
   • 2. headphones or earphones. informal

   verb

   • 1. contact someone by phone: "he phoned her at work"
   • ▪ work or perform without much effort, interest, or enthusiasm: "I think of my playing as committed—I can't remember ever phoning it in at any performance"

   Word Origin late 19th century: abbreviation of telephone.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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