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hook switch

hook switch is the alternative form of hookswitch.

Meaning of hookswitch

Noun

hookswitch (plural hookswitches)

  1. The spring-loaded button on a telephone that is depressed by the action of returning the handset to the cradle, thus terminating the call.
    • At 4 or 5, he learned to dial by using the hookswitch like a telegraph key.2007 August 20, Douglas Martin, “Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    switchhook

Forms of hook switch

pluralhook switches

Questions about hook switch

What is hook switch the alternative form of?
Hook switch is the alternative form of hookswitch.

Words near hook switch in the dictionary

  1. hook shops
  2. hook shot
  3. hook shots
  4. hook stock
  5. hook stocks
  6. hook switch
  7. hook switches
  8. hook turn
  9. hook turns
  10. hook up
  11. hook up on

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