adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Describing the state of a telephone (or similar device) when it is available but not in use. not-comparable
2. 2
   Describing the idle state of a subscriber or PBX user loop. broadly, not-comparable

Antonyms

All antonyms

off-hook

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