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counter-password

counter-password noun: the response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.

Noun

counter-password (plural counter-passwords)

  1. The response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.
    • All this is the cultural equivalent of spy movies in which the hero must look for a man wearing a green carnation, mumble, “The thrush flies at midnight,” and listen for the counter-password.2007, Rachel Held Evans, Larry Richards, The Book of Mark, →ISBN, page cxvi
    • He had rehearsed his own counter-password over and over again throughout that time, as he nervously looked at his watch and wondered what could have gone wrong.2010, David Crump, Conflict of Interest, →ISBN

Examples of counter-password in a sentence

  • Give him the password 'Charlton Athletic for the Cup', and he will give the counter-password 'Tottenham Hotspurs for the League'.2014, Peter Pook, Pook's Class War, →ISBN:
  • We had an angry dialogue for a couple of minutes and could not establish the password and counter-password.2016, Jim Nicholson, George-3-7th Marines, →ISBN:

Forms of counter-password

pluralcounter-passwords
alternative formcounterpassword
alternative formcounter password

Origin of counter-password

From counter- + password.

Questions about counter-password

What does counter-password mean?
Counter-password means the response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.
How do you use counter-password in a sentence?
Give him the password 'Charlton Athletic for the Cup', and he will give the counter-password 'Tottenham Hotspurs for the League'.
What part of speech is counter-password?
Counter-password is a noun.
What is the plural of counter-password?
The plural of counter-password is counter-passwords.

Words near counter-password in the dictionary

  1. counter-parries
  2. counter-parry
  3. counter-parties
  4. counter-party
  5. counter-passant
  6. counter-password
  7. counter-passwords
  8. counter-payment
  9. counter-payments
  10. counter-potent
  11. counter-potenty

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