JAILBREAK

break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking

(noun) an escape from jail; “the breakout was carefully planned”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

jailbreak (plural jailbreaks)

An escape from prison.

Verb

jailbreak (third-person singular simple present jailbreaks, present participle jailbreaking, simple past jailbroke, past participle jailbroken)

To escape from prison.

(transitive, computing) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.

Synonym: root

Usage notes

• The inflected forms of jailbreak are very rare for the sense "escape from prison".

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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