dialer

noun

di·al·er ˈdī(-ə)-lər

: a person or device that dials something (such as a telephone)

Her group put together a petition signed by more than 100,000 consumers demanding that regulators crack down on companies … using automated dialers and recorded voices to market scams.—Shawn Zeller

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The main dialer in the desktop and mobile apps is extremely straightforward. — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026 The top opens a menu with the main capabilities of the watch, like fitness tracking, weather, calendar, and dialer. — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 8 Oct. 2025 The logo was a combination of the iPhone’s dialer and messaging icons, against a vivid green that was just a shade or two darker than Apple’s. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 If a caller is using the Samsung dialer or the OnePlus contacts app, Google’s scam detection won’t work. — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dialer

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1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dialer was in 1922

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