Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crank_call
1 sense of crank call
Sense 1
crank call -- (a hostile telephone call (from a crank))
=> call, phone call, telephone call -- (a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call")