Usually means: Call blocked; line currently engaged.
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  1. busy signal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. busy signal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. busy signal: Collins English Dictionary
  4. busy signal: Wiktionary
  5. busy signal: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. busy signal: Dictionary.com
  7. Busy Signal, Busy signal (disambiguation), Busy signal (telephony), Busy signal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. busy signal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. busy signal: Encyclopedia

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  1. Busy Signal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (busy signal)

▸ noun:  (US, telephony) An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; an engaged tone

Similar:
engaged tone, ringdown, turkey tones, butt call, bloop, toll call, ring, bell, telephone ring, beep, more...

Opposite:
dial tone, available tone, ringing tone

Types:
beep, buzz, tootsie roll, more...

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Similar:
engaged tone, ringdown, turkey tones, butt call, bloop, toll call, ring, bell, telephone ring, beep, more...

Opposite:
dial tone, available tone, ringing tone

Types:
beep, buzz, tootsie roll, more...



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