Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [freek]
- /frik/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [freek]
- /frik/
Definitions of phreak word
- noun phreak phone phreak. 1
- verb without object phreak to act as a phone phreak. 1
- verb with object phreak to tamper with (telephones) as a phone phreak does. 1
- verb phreak to hack or gain unauthorized access into a telecommunications system in order to obtain free calls 0
- noun phreak a person who gains unauthorized access into a telecommunications system in order to obtain free calls 0
- noun phreak phone phreak 0
Information block about the term
Origin of phreak
First appearance:
before 1970 One of the 2% newest English words
1970-75; altered spelling of freak1, copying ph- of phone1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Phreak
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
phreak popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
phreak usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with phreak
- what is phreak?
- how to phone phreak?
- how to phreak a cell phone?
- how to phreak?
See also
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