hookswitch

noun

noun

Etymology From hook + switch.

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:

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