call waiting

American  

noun

1. a telephone service feature whereby a person engaged in a telephone call is notified by a tone that a second call is being made to the same number, and is able to talk to either party while keeping the other on hold.

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Example Sentences

If we were lucky, we had call waiting.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

First Direct also had the shortest average call waiting time of 16 seconds.

From BBC • May 23, 2022

So, 1989 called — on a phone that has a cord and probably doesn’t have call waiting — and it wants its music videos back.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2022

He lived in the Forest Hills neighborhood in Queens — he had grown up in the borough and graduated magna cum laude from Fordham — and did not have call waiting on his phone.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2021

Kathy’s call waiting went off; she said goodbye to Zeitoun and switched over.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers