英和和英

名詞

cold call (plural cold calls)

1. A sales call either by telephone or personal presence, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the call.

   I got a cold call in the middle of dinner from someone trying to sell roofing and siding because they're allegedly working in my area this week.

2. (poker) A call of a bet and one or more raises made by a player who has not already contributed to the pot in the current betting round, usually with further action from the original bettor or raiser yet to come.

参考

• unqualified prospect

動詞

cold call (third-person singular simple present cold calls, present participle cold calling, simple past and past participle cold called)

1. (intransitive) To call someone without preparation or referral.
2. (poker) To make a cold call.

派生語

• cold caller
• cold calling

関連する語

• cold email

参考

• nuisance call