A button on a telephone that temporarily interrupts a call so that another call may be taken.
Example sentencesExamples
Remember that novelty phones such as these are more about the look than function, so if you're looking for a hold button or 20-number phonebook memory, these are not the answer.
I pressed the hold button and picked up the other phone and dialled the manager's number, it rung a few times and then he picked up.
‘He bought her, didn't he? ‘was all she said after depressing the hold button.’
John picked the phone up and pushed the hold button.
She clicked the hold button on her phone, setting it back in its cradle before tripping down the hallway into Jason's room and plopping down on his bed.
Grabbing the nearest phone in the employee lounge, Mitch hit the hold button.
Haley presses the hold button on her phone, sets it on her bed, and practically jumps down the stairs.
I pressed the hold button with Luke yapping off on the other side.
Hurriedly she picked it up, jabbing the hold button to ‘un-hold’ him.
Definition of hold button in US English:
hold button
noun
A button on a telephone that temporarily interrupts a call so that another call may be taken.
Example sentencesExamples
She clicked the hold button on her phone, setting it back in its cradle before tripping down the hallway into Jason's room and plopping down on his bed.
I pressed the hold button and picked up the other phone and dialled the manager's number, it rung a few times and then he picked up.
Grabbing the nearest phone in the employee lounge, Mitch hit the hold button.
John picked the phone up and pushed the hold button.
‘He bought her, didn't he? ‘was all she said after depressing the hold button.’
Haley presses the hold button on her phone, sets it on her bed, and practically jumps down the stairs.
I pressed the hold button with Luke yapping off on the other side.
Remember that novelty phones such as these are more about the look than function, so if you're looking for a hold button or 20-number phonebook memory, these are not the answer.
Hurriedly she picked it up, jabbing the hold button to ‘un-hold’ him.