"phreaking" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹiːkɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-freaking.ogg
Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ Etymology: Orthographic blend of phone + freak. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|phone|freak|nocap=1}} blend of phone + freak Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} phreaking (uncountable)
  1. The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g. trying to obtain free calls or to discover special service numbers or other internal technical information. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: Van Eck phreaking
    Sense id: en-phreaking-en-noun-HO-Adr7Q Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹiːkɪŋ/ Audio: En-au-freaking.ogg
Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ Etymology: Orthographic blend of phone + freak. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|phone|freak|nocap=1}} blend of phone + freak Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} phreaking
  1. present participle and gerund of phreak Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: phreak Categories (topical): Telephony
    Sense id: en-phreaking-en-verb-i1aa-FfP Disambiguation of Telephony: 23 77 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 46 54
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