Meaning

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

Origin

From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-er

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

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Forms

plural: bat phones

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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