Phoning

What does PHONING mean?

Phoning is a form of PHONE.

1. noun

   electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

   “I talked to him on the telephone”

2. verb

   get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

   “I tried to call you all night”

3. noun

   (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

4. noun

   electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

   “it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.