"on-hook" meaning in English

See on-hook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} on-hook (not comparable)
  1. Describing the state of a telephone (or similar device) when it is available but not in use Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-on-hook-en-adj-YLdWCxto
  2. (by extension) Describing the idle state of a subscriber or PBX user loop Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-on-hook-en-adj-1bkpwv22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

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