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

11 May 2024

FATIGUE

(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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