engaged tone
(UK, Ireland, telephony) An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; a busy signal.
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(UK, Ireland, telephony) An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; a busy signal.
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(US, telephony) An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; an engaged tone.
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Busy or employed.
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(intransitive, telephony, British, AU) To disconnect at the end of a phone call.
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Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- engage mode55%
The mental state of being fully switched on for interaction — responding to everything, posting actively, showing up in comments, DMing people, and generally being a visible and participating presence rather than a passive scroller. Engage mode can be deliberate (a creator pushing a launch) or spontaneous (someone who just got interesting news and can't stop talking). When people announce they're in engage mode, they're signaling that today they are not a lurker. The opposite is ghost mode or NPC mode.