English Explanatory Dictionary

bat phone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls

Word forms

bat phone bat phones batphone bat-phone

Etymology

From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show.

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