Phreak
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɹiːk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phreak is a noun meaning (slang, dated) A person who engages in phone phreaking.
Meaning
(slang, dated) A person who engages in phone phreaking.
More Meanings
- (slang, transitive, intransitive, dated) To engage in phone phreaking.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- phreaks
- phreaking
- phreaked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include freako, cyberfreak, superfreak, frigger, phrog, warfreak.
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