codeword

noun
/ˈkoʊdˌwɝd/US

Etymology

From code + word.

  1. inherited from *werdʰh₁om — “word
  2. inherited from *wurdą — “word
  3. inherited from *word
  4. inherited from word
  5. inherited from word
  6. compounded as codeword — “code + word

Definitions

  1. A string representing an encoded piece of text.

    • Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used.
  2. A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to…

    A word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.

    • Even the most virtuous concepts were scrutinised by governments eager to interpret them as codewords for something unwelcome.
    • El Niño has hit the headlines as a codeword for bad weather, especially in the Pacific and California. But there is a little more to it than that.
  3. A type of crossword puzzle where the letters of the alphabet are represented by numbers…

    A type of crossword puzzle where the letters of the alphabet are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for codeword. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA