(transitive or intransitive) To make a telephone call in an inebriated state against better judgement, typically to a close or former friend.

plural of dial tone

A telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.

a disk with finger holes, used to enter numbers by rotating the disk forward and letting it slide back / a telephone with such a disk

(of a telephone) using a rotary dial, rather than push buttons

A sundial marking canonical hours. / An elliptical plate marking the state of the ocean tides.

(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as the equivalent number of pulses.

(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a burst of a single audio frequency.

(computing) A network connection that requires a telephone number to be dialed.

(computing, of a connection to a network) Requiring a telephone number to be dialed.