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  2. On- and off-hook - Wikipedia

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    The term off-hook has the following meanings: The condition that exists when a telephone or other user instrument is in use, i.e., during dialing or communicating. A general description of one of two possible signaling states at an interface between telecommunications systems, [ 1 ] such as tone or no tone and ground connection versus battery ...

  3. Loose Talk (Pakistani TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Loose Talk (Urdu: لُوز ٹاک) was a Pakistani television comedy show that was first aired on ARY Digital in June 2002. The show was a social and political commentary delivered humorously to reach the masses. It was written and created by Anwar Maqsood. The satire-comedy talk show was loosely inspired by BBC World Service's HARDTalk. [1]

  4. Off-hook tone - Wikipedia

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    The signal is applied to the local loop by the switching system for permanent signal treatment to alert an end user (subscriber) of an off-hook condition of the telephone set, i.e. that the telephone handset should be placed on-hook. Before playing the signal, a certain timeout has to elapse, and on some systems an intercept message is ...

  5. Making out - Wikipedia

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    A couple making out. Making out is a term of American origin dating back to at least 1949, [1] and is used to refer to kissing, including extended French kissing or necking [2] (heavy kissing of the neck, and above), [3] or to acts of non-penetrative sex such as heavy petting ("intimate contact, just short of sexual intercourse" [2]).

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  7. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    1. A fielding position on the off side, forward of point and squarer than mid-off. [39] A cover fielder situated closer to point than usual is known as cover point, whilst one which is closer to mid-off is known as extra cover. The plural term 'the covers' refers to all these variants collectively. 2.

  8. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    Hence to "break one's duck": to score one's first run. c.f. US: "get the monkey off one's back" a term of endearment (n.) a bird of the family Anatidae (v.) to lower the head or body suddenly, to dodge (v.) to plunge under the surface of water (n.) a heavy cotton fabric (v.) Leaving very quickly. "He ducked out like five minutes ago" duff: of ...

  9. I Can Still Make Cheyenne - Wikipedia

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    The song describes the cowboy ending the call and leaving the phone off the hook and slowly turning around and taking one last look. He then gets in his truck and "aims it toward that Wyoming line." The lyrics leave the listener to decide if the Cowboy was neglectful of his love, or if she gave up on him for another, who was not a rodeo man.