phoning
Making a call
Phoning is the present participle of phone—to call someone by telephone: I've been phoning all morning but no one answers.
The gerund names the activity itself: Phoning is more personal than texting.
To phone it in is to do something with minimal effort, as if participating remotely rather than showing up.
Entering a phone number
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- landlineStationary wired telephone
- handsetHeld telephone component
cordless · rotary · touch-tone · payphone · switchboard · operator · extension · long-distance
Composed of small units
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- appsMobile software, briefly
- contactsPeople you know professionally
caller-ID · battery · charger · signal · bars · roaming · data · Bluetooth
Crisis response number
- 999UK emergency telephone code
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- policeCivil law enforcement
firefighters · dispatch · hotline · urgent · immediate · distress · SOS · lifeline
Producing speech aloud
- chattingInformal verbal exchange
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- heart-to-heartSincere personal discussion
- long-distanceAcross great distances
voice · tone · listening · speaking · small-talk · news · updates · farewell
Sells products via calls
- robocallAutomated prerecorded phone message
- spamUnsolicited bulk messages
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- spoofingFraudulent imitation
solicitor · hangup · screening · ignoring · dodging · avoiding · silencing · reporting
Resuming a severed link
- contactingInitiating communication with
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
- pingingBrief high-pitched signal
- missed-callIncoming call not answered
dialing
Entering a phone number
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- landlineStationary wired telephone
handset · cordless · rotary · touch-tone · payphone · switchboard · operator · extension · long-distance · directory
cellular
Composed of small units
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- appsMobile software, briefly
contacts · caller-ID · battery · charger · signal · bars · roaming · data · Bluetooth · headset
911
Crisis response number
- 999UK emergency telephone code
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
police · firefighters · dispatch · hotline · urgent · immediate · distress · SOS · lifeline · helpline
talking
Producing speech aloud
- chattingInformal verbal exchange
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- heart-to-heartSincere personal discussion
long-distance · voice · tone · listening · speaking · small-talk · news · updates · farewell · greeting
telemarketer
Sells products via calls
- robocallAutomated prerecorded phone message
- spamUnsolicited bulk messages
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
spoofing · solicitor · hangup · screening · ignoring · dodging · avoiding · silencing · reporting · blocking
reconnecting
Resuming a severed link
- contactingInitiating communication with
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
- pingingBrief high-pitched signal
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- daily activitiescooking, cleaning, eating, sleeping, bathing
- contactingcalling, texting, emailing, messaging, dialing
- passenger behaviorboarding, exiting, sitting, standing, waiting
- actionsrun, walk, jump, move, push
- office workdesk work, filing, desks, email, emails
phoningvisiting
Going to see someone
face-to-face · meeting · showing up · dropping by · being there
phoninghanging up
Ending a telephone connection
ignoring · ghosting · disconnecting · avoiding · screening calls
- phoning inExerting minimal effort
- phoning it inPerforming without genuine commitment
- Hooked on PhonicsLiteracy training through sounds
- phonics booksTexts teaching decoding
- phonics instructionTeaching sound-symbol correspondence
- phonics gamesActivities teaching letter sounds