Counter-password

Quick meaning: Counter-password is a noun meaning The response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.

Meaning

The response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.

Example Sentences

We had an angry dialogue for a couple of minutes and could not establish the password and counter-password.

Give him the password 'Charlton Athletic for the Cup', and he will give the counter-password 'Tottenham Hotspurs for the League'.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• counter-passwords
• counterpassword

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include counterresponse, counterrestriction, counterreply, counterdifficulty, counterquery, counterchallenge.

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