war-dial in All languages combined

Forms: war-dials [present, singular, third-person], war-dialing [participle, present], war-dialling [participle, present], war-dialed [participle, past], war-dialed [past], war-dialled [participle, past], war-dialled [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the 1983 movie Wargames, which featured the practice: dial. Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=war-dialled|pres_ptc2=war-dialling}} war-dial (third-person singular simple present war-dials, present participle war-dialing or war-dialling, simple past and past participle war-dialed or war-dialled)

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the 1983 movie Wargames, which featured the practice: dial.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "war-dials",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "war-dialled",
        "pres_ptc2": "war-dialling"
      },
      "expansion": "war-dial (third-person singular simple present war-dials, present participle war-dialing or war-dialling, simple past and past participle war-dialed or war-dialled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To have a computer dial a large number of phone numbers in search of devices for exploitation, such as modems or fax machines."
      ],
      "id": "en-war-dial-en-verb-GnHHc7nb",
      "links": [
        [
          "modem",
          "modem"
        ],
        [
          "fax",
          "fax"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in a similar activity in another address space, such as IP addresses."
      ],
      "id": "en-war-dial-en-verb-F7rfwwiF",
      "links": [
        [
          "address space",
          "address space"
        ],
        [
          "IP address",
          "IP address"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "war-dial"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the 1983 movie Wargames, which featured the practice: dial.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "war-dials",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war-dialled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "war-dialled",
        "pres_ptc2": "war-dialling"
      },
      "expansion": "war-dial (third-person singular simple present war-dials, present participle war-dialing or war-dialling, simple past and past participle war-dialed or war-dialled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To have a computer dial a large number of phone numbers in search of devices for exploitation, such as modems or fax machines."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "modem",
          "modem"
        ],
        [
          "fax",
          "fax"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in a similar activity in another address space, such as IP addresses."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "address space",
          "address space"
        ],
        [
          "IP address",
          "IP address"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "war-dial"
}

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"war-dial" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms