dialer

noun

di·​al·​er ˈdī(-ə)-lər 

: a person or device that dials something (such as a telephone)

With the purchase of the right list, telephone dialers can force themselves and their cause on strangers, something the Internet can't do without unleashing a torrent of angry responses from e-mail users …

—Nicholas von Hoffman

Her group put together a petition signed by more than 100,000 consumers demanding that regulators crack down on companies … using automated dialers and recorded voices to market scams.

—Shawn Zeller

Examples of dialer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The dialer software managed the connection process between computers and AOL's network, while Shield was a web browser optimized for slower connections and older operating systems. —ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025

CRMs, auto-dialers, e-signature platforms and pipeline tracking tools make your process scalable and manageable. —Ryan Hohman, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

The unknown dialer wanted to equip sixteen hundred soldiers in the style of every major U.S. war. —Alex Carp, New Yorker, 28 July 2025

The Zoom Phone interface is a simplified version of the one for Zoom Workplace, and the soft phone dialer is the focus. —PC Magazine, 22 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above