The often loud, serious, confident tone you use when speaking on the phone. The tone may vary according to each person's style of talking on the phone.
P1: Yo, do you like, listen to the Jonas Brothers?
P2: ARE YOU CRAZY MAN? Holy shit there ain't no fuckin' way I'd ever...
(And this goes on and on for at least 5 minutes...)
P1: Dude. You're speaking in phone tone.
P2: ARE YOU CRAZY MAN? Holy shit there ain't no fuckin' way I'd ever...
(And this goes on and on for at least 5 minutes...)
P1: Dude. You're speaking in phone tone.
by Hi0901 December 9, 2008

a really badly rolled blunt. For example, if you try to hit the blunt and all of the weed shits in your mouth then you know you have a tone loc.
by t bags May 13, 2005

by @kdawg69 November 15, 2016

Pronounced Tone-E, generally is used to describe leaving abruptly after doing the deed with a hottie to go home to your homely girlfriend
Girl 1- "Did he stay the night last night?"
Girl 2-"No, he pulled a Tone"
Girl 1-"Ew, you're so much hotter than her."
Girl 2-"No, he pulled a Tone"
Girl 1-"Ew, you're so much hotter than her."
by CharlieR27 October 18, 2008

The accidental act of "butt dialing" a person in your cell phone contact list.
Derived from the telephonic definition of "touch-tone" referring to the tones associated with the numbers on a telephone keypad.
Derived from the telephonic definition of "touch-tone" referring to the tones associated with the numbers on a telephone keypad.
by Poor David #33 December 15, 2013

" He used my preferred pronoun but I know he didn’t mean it. It was just his tone, you know? I feel so invalidated. The new official "Campus Gender Inclusivity - Safe Space for All. Your truth is our truth" guidelines clearly prohibit him from committing a "Tone Crime" against me"
by The Regal Hyena January 31, 2020
