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hookswitches

hookswitches is the plural 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

Questions about hookswitches

What is hookswitches the plural of?
Hookswitches is the plural of hookswitch.

Words near hookswitches in the dictionary

  1. hookshot
  2. hookshots
  3. hooksian
  4. hookswinging
  5. hookswitch
  6. hookswitches
  7. hooktail
  8. hooktails
  9. hookthorn
  10. hookthorns
  11. hooktip

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