redial

[ree-dahy-uhl, -dahyl, ree-dahy-uhl, -dahyl]

verb (used with object)

1. Also re-dial. to dial again.

noun

1. automatic redial.

redial

/ -daɪl, riːˈdaɪəl /

verb

1. to dial (a telephone number) again

Word History and Origins

Origin of redial¹

First recorded in 1960–65; re- + dial

Example Sentences

Or when a bomb went off in Tel Aviv in a different year, and the editor in the cubicle next to me kept pushing redial, trying to find his daughter, his face the color of a blank page of paper until finally he reached her.

From Washington Post

Google is also making it easier to redial dropped calls and switch to your mobile network if your Wi-Fi connection was the reason your call failed.

From The Verge

My call suddenly dropped and when I pulled out my phone to redial, the Maps app was open and giving me directions to the Department of Motor Vehicles on M Street NW — and all my March emails were gone from my Outlook inbox.

From Washington Post

I heard a success story with one called Auto Redial, though use caution and check reviews for these apps before spending your money on them.

From Washington Post

“I must have called the hotline 100 times,” said Klaus Kater, 80, a retired lawyer in Germany who said he spent two days hitting redial before he could get through to health officials in his home state of Lower Saxony.

From New York Times