phreak
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/fɹiːk/
Definition of phreak
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(dated, slang)A person who engages in phone phreaking.
“Phreaks can max-out 911 systems just by siccing a bunch of computer-modems on them in tandem, dialling them over and over until they clog.”
“Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis.”
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noun
-
(dated, slang)A person who engages in phone phreaking.
“Phreaks can max-out 911 systems just by siccing a bunch of computer-modems on them in tandem, dialling them over and over until they clog.”
“Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis.”
verb
- (dated, intransitive, slang, transitive)To engage in phone phreaking.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Blend of phone + freak.
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