"bluejack" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bluejacks [present, singular, third-person], bluejacking [participle, present], bluejacked [participle, past], bluejacked [past]
Etymology: Blend of Bluetooth + hijack Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Bluetooth|hijack}} Blend of Bluetooth + hijack Head templates: {{en-verb}} bluejack (third-person singular simple present bluejacks, present participle bluejacking, simple past and past participle bluejacked)
  1. (transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bluejack-en-verb-ikjVFiks Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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