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单词 code word
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code word

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noun

code name.
a euphemistic or politically acceptable catchword or phrase used instead of a blunter or less acceptable term: The official report said the diplomats had a “frank and serious discussion”—code words for “angry argument.”

Origin of code word

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby code word

coder, Co Derry, code-sharing, code-switching, codetermination, code word, codex, Codex Juris Canonici, codfish, codger, codices
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Example sentences from the Web for code word

  • Snap had taken the code-word sheet, that time we sealed the purser in the cage.

    Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930|Various
  • And it implied an urgency in the use of the code-word Mother.

    Way of a Rebel|Walter M. Miller
  • Only he, apparently saw the minute widening of the admiral's eyes at that code-word.

    Man of Many Minds|E. Everett Evans

British Dictionary definitions for code word

codeword
/ (ˈkəʊdˌwɜːd) /

noun

(esp in military use) a word used to identify a classified plan, operation, etcAlso: codename
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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