counterpassword
counterpassword is the alternative form of counter-password.
Meaning of counter-password
Noun
counter-password (plural counter-passwords)
- 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
Forms of counterpassword
| plural | counterpasswords |
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Questions about counterpassword
- What is counterpassword the alternative form of?
- Counterpassword is the alternative form of counter-password.
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