Describing the state of a telephone (or similar device) when it is available but not in use / (by extension) Describing the idle state of a subscriber or PBX user loop

A surname. / A suburb of Kingston upon Thames borough, Greater London, England. / A large village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7254).

A surname.

plural of hooking

(transitive) To deceive by luring with a false promise or misleading implication. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: hook.

(often followed by for) In debt; obligated to pay or provide; liable; responsible or blamed. / (of animals) Slaughtered for food.

Obsolete spelling of hook

(transitive) To attach a hook to. / (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish). / (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

present participle of hook

The act of catching or fastening something on a hook. / (ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.