"PUK" meaning in All languages combined

See PUK on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: PUKs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PUK (plural PUKs)
  1. Acronym of personal unblocking key. Wikipedia link: personal unblocking key Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: personal unblocking key
    Sense id: en-PUK-en-noun-a5d-zs0I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 60 16 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 22 27

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈpuk/
Rhymes: -uk Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English PUK. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|en|PUK}} Unadapted borrowing from English PUK Head templates: {{head|it|noun|uncountable|g=m}} PUK m (uncountable)
  1. PUK (the secondary password used to access a SIM card, once all attempts at writing down the PIN code have failed) Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-PUK-it-noun-WOaNHVfB Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. (by extension) PUK (any secret number meant to complement a PIN code when more authentication than usual is needed) Tags: broadly, masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-PUK-it-noun-ltjs8qtp Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Inflected forms

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