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Meanings of jiggle the hook in English

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Usage of jiggle the hook in English
1
When he jiggles the hook a voice answers and cannot understand what he wants.
The new yorker
2
Alderson wildly jiggled the hook of the telephone instrument, but Nickleby had rung off.
Every Man for Himself
3
Hello! I jiggled the hook savagely, then slammed the phone back into its cradle.
Nothing in her way
4
Patrick felt as if they were trying to tempt a smallmouth bass by jiggling the hook.
Takeover
5
He jiggled the hook.
Go home, stranger
6
He grabbed the telephone receiver and jiggled the hook up and down on the standard while the Hercules 0001 roared past the station.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
7
"Hey," he said, and jiggled the hook.
The talisman