phone bank noun 3verb 1forms 6 noun3 •A collection of telephones within an organization such as a call center.When the hosts of "Good Day" offered viewers a chance to call in their comments, the number of calls overloaded the phone banks. — 1985 •A political outreach event or strategy that involves making calls to potential voters by phone to get out the vote or collect voter data.Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) hosted a phone bank for [Angela] Alsobrooks that same day, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led canvassing to support her in Baltimore last week. — 2024 •A banking institution that does business solely or mostly via telephone. verb1 •To engage in a phone bank (“political outreach event that involves making calls to potential voters by phone”). formsphone banked · phone-banked · phone banking · phone-banking · phone banks · phone-banks
