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missed call

(n)
reminder or mobile phone call that acts as a reminder.

The intention of the caller is to remind the receiver of some particular event or task. Generally, the receiver would have made the request for a 'missed call'.

This term originated in India after the mobile boom. The caller identification is a default feature in most of the mobile phones; hence this peculiar use.
Oh! Geeta just gave me a missed call; I was supposed to ring cable operator.
missed call by manju January 27, 2005
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missed call

A call to a cellular phone that was not answered, where the caller leaves no message.

The called is expected to return the phone call.

See Phone Tag.
"Ooooh, I have a missed call... I'd better call them back!"
missed call by Callmeback! March 23, 2008

One Missed Call 

A terrible horror movie that traumatised penguinz0 as a child. Thats all i really know.
“You know that youtuber that got scared by One Missed Call?”
“Yeah i actually watch him.”
“Cool.”
One Missed Call by CLONKCLINKAAAAAA December 16, 2021

One Missed Call 

A terrible horror movie that made penguinz0 traumatised as a child.
“Damn bro One Missed Call fucking sucked”
One Missed Call by CLONKCLINKAAAAAA December 16, 2021

missed FaceTime call 

that was not answered in FaceTime with no message.
Oh! I have a missed FaceTime call! I have to call them back!

missed calls from mom 

Shit, I got 2 missed calls from mom! I'm dead for...

16 missed calls 

You can either use this as a song, or you can turn this into a shock when you realise your dying grandmother has been CALLING YOU 16 times, to let you know she will die today.
bro i just got 16 missed calls from my dying grandma

oh i love that song
16 missed calls by vcxiumtms June 23, 2022
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