dialer

noun

di·al·er ˈdī(-ə)-lər

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

With the purchase of the right list, telephone dialers can force themselves and their cause on strangers, something the Internet can't do without unleashing a torrent of angry responses from e-mail users …—

Nicholas von Hoffman

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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Surprisingly, the free plan offers a robust dialer app, along with analytics and reporting (such as daily or hourly call volumes). —

John Brandon, PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024 Please help with this by checking your dialer settings, and setting it to disconnect after 30 minutes of inactivity. —

Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 21 July 2023 Tweak these settings by opening up the dialer app and heading to Settings > Spam and Call Screen. —

Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 22 July 2022 The technical efforts at play here meant that the phones connected to BW3 didn’t need any hardware or software changes — no fancy apps required, just the standard Samsung dialer. —

Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for dialer