crank caller

American  

[krangk kawl-er] / ˌkræŋk ˈkɔl ər /

noun

plural

crank callers

1. a person who makes a crank call.

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Example Sentences

Cohen told the crank caller that he planned to report the harassment to the Secret Service.

From Slate

Long Beach City College leader Mike Muñoz frantically Googled anything he could to see if the person on the phone offering a big donation was a crank caller.

From Los Angeles Times

Scotland Yard suspects a woman’s problem is not a crank caller but rather a busy husband.

From Los Angeles Times

I said, but instead of the introduction I was ready to make, there followed instead a leisurely and highly surreal exchange that I am at a loss to replicate — something to do with backfiring cars? and knocks on the door? — which continued at cross-purposes for some moments until, without missing a beat, he said pleasantly: “Oh I beg your pardon. I thought you were my crank caller.”

From New York Times

“Oh no. It is just that I have a regular crank caller and almost every day he telephones about this time. If I don’t pick up he rings and rings.”

From New York Times