HOTLINE

Hotline

A hotline is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook. An example would be a phone that automatically connects to emergency services on picking up the receiver. Therefore, dedicated hotline phones do not need a rotary dial or keypad. There are also hotlines between states with nuclear weapons, like the Moscow–Washington hotline. A hotline can also be called an automatic signaling, ringdown, or off-hook service.

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hotline

Noun

  1. The telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance; its telephone number
    If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline
  2. A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency

Verb

  1. To communicate telephonically over a hotline.


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hot line

Noun



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