英和和英

語源

hook +‎ switch

名詞

hookswitch (複数形 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.
   • 2007 August 20, Douglas Martin, “Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies”, New York Times:

     At 4 or 5, he learned to dial by using the hookswitch like a telegraph key.

同意語

• switchhook