phreak

plural phreaks

1. datedslangA person who engages in phone phreaking.

   Phreaks can max-out 911 systems just by siccing a bunch of computer-modems on them in tandem, dialling them over and over until they clog.

   1992, Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown […] , Bantam Books, →ISBN

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   Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis.

   2007 August 20, Douglas Martin, “Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2022

present singular third person phreaks · participle present phreaking · participle past phreaked · past phreaked

1. datedintransitiveslangtransitiveTo engage in phone phreaking.