blue box

noun

1. an electronic device used by phone phreaks to send out signals that unlock long-distance telephone circuits.

blue box

noun

1. a blue plastic container for domestic refuse that is to be collected and recycled

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue box¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

On offense, they dotted the 3-point line with shooters, a habit drilled in by taping blue boxes down on their practice court, and gave the ball to Antetokounmpo over and over.

From FiveThirtyEight

To use it, start at the blue box at the top and let yourself be guided by your answers to each question.

From Search Engine Land

[Us Weekly] Qatar Stocks Up on Tiffany: The Middle East has blue box fever.

From The Daily Beast

The Blue Box, placed in every Zionist institution in Israel and abroad was the emblem of popular devotion to the Zionist cause.

From The Daily Beast

In my 22 years in Washington, this is the first one I can remember involving a little blue box.

From The Daily Beast

Clues display in full in the blue box located below the puzzle.

From The Daily Beast

The queen deposited this money where she always kept her trinkets, in a small blue box.

From Project Gutenberg

On the table stood a big blue box with a card bearing her name attached to it.

From Project Gutenberg

Then we perched, some on my fence and some on the blue box that held the garden hose.

From Project Gutenberg

Eily noted the geraniums in the little blue box that he had tended himself.

From Project Gutenberg

"And if I can't find the blue box I'll get along without it," he told himself.

From Project Gutenberg