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phreaking

noun
/ˈfɹiːkɪŋ/

Etymology

A blend of phone + freak.

  1. derived from *frekaz✻
  2. derived from *frek✻
  3. derived from frec — “desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”
  4. derived from frek — “insolent, daring”
  5. inherited from frīcian — “to leap, dance”
  6. inherited from friken
  7. compounded as phreaking — “phone + freak”

Definitions

  1. The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g., attempting to obtain free calls or…

    The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g., attempting to obtain free calls or to discover special service numbers or other internal technical information.

  2. present participle and gerund of phreak

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for phreaking. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA