A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas.
“I’ll have you on speed dial 👍👍🐶🐾😘😘”
“Now, don't TOUCH THAT DIAL, and don't STOP THOSE SMILES!! Because... <IT'S!! TV!! TIME!!!>”
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Viral internet speak — memes, ratios, main-character moments, and the algospeak of every platform from Twitter to Reddit to TikTok comment sections.
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A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.
“Dial M for Masochism?! Or I remember how they used to teach reading in pre-K ... M, M, for ... Matriarchy!”
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“I liked how the feathers made a sun dial”
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“I always thought that Dial Tone was Jack Flack”
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A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
“Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”
“One time when I was probably 6 or 7 my grandma accidentally took dog supplements and made me dial the poison hotline because she thought she was going to die”
“Nige keeping the stormtroopers on speed dial ... bylinetimes.com/2026/05/06/r...”
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“you are going to miss people you’ll want to get out of bed at two in the morning and drive to go see them you’ll call them even though they changed their number 10 months ago just to hear a dial tone”
“Might shift the growth dial by 2034.”
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