crypto
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See also: crypto-
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪptəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪptoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪptəʊ
Noun
[edit]crypto (countable and uncountable, plural cryptos)
- A secret supporter or follower.
- 2016, George Orwell, Peter Davison, George Orwell: A Life in Letters:
- Martin of course is far too dishonest to be outright a crypto or fellow-traveller, but his main influence is pro-Russian and is certainly intended to be so, and I feel reasonably sure he would quislingise in the case of a Russian occupation, if he had not managed to get away on the last plane.
- (uncountable, informal) Clipping of cryptography.
- 2004, Chey Cobb, Cryptography For Dummies, page 20:
- The CIA is also very into crypto (which makes sense, as they are the home of spy versus spy), […]
- (informal, cryptocurrencies) Clipping of cryptocurrency.
- 2021 February 12, Fred Muvunyi, “Nigeria's cryptocurrency crackdown causes confusion”, in Deutsche Welle News[1], Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2021-02-13, World:
- Nigeria—the world's second-largest Bitcoin market after the United States—has banned the trading of cryptocurrencies. It's triggered anger among Nigerians who see cryptos as a safe haven in a battered economy.
- 2021 April 26, Ryan Browne, “A second bitcoin exchange collapses in Turkey amid crackdown on cryptocurrencies”, in CNBC[2], retrieved 2021-04-26:
- Some Turks have turned to crypto as a way to protect their savings from skyrocketing inflation and the weakening of its currency, the lira.
- (informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptococcus.
- (informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptosporidium.
- (informal, pathology) Clipping of cryptosporidiosis.
- 1996 September, Michael Immel, “The Changing Story of a Virus”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
- With immune system damage come the infections associated with AIDS: PCP, MAC, toxoplasmosis, crypto, meningitis, thrush, lymphomas, CM, fungal infections, and many others.
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]crypto (comparative more crypto, superlative most crypto)
Related terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]cryptō
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]crypto f (plural cryptos)
- Alternative form of cripto
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