phone

noun

A speech sound considered without reference to its status as a phoneme or an allophone in a language.

noun

A telephone.

intransitive verb

To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to.

intransitive verb

To dial (a specific number).

intransitive verb

To impart (information or news, for example) by telephone.

intransitive verb

To telephone.

idiom

(phone it in) To do something in a perfunctory way or with little interest.

noun

A sound; a vocal sound; a tone produced by the vibration of the vocal cords; one of the primary elements of utterance. See phonate, phonetic.

noun

A telephone: generally applied to the receiver, but sometimes to the whole apparatus.