crypto

Pluralcryptos

1. 1
   nouncolloquialcountable or uncountableabbreviationclipping

   Short form of cryptocurrency. People use it for digital money like Bitcoin.

   She put most of her savings into crypto last year.

   The price of crypto dropped sharply overnight.

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2. 2
   nouncolloquialuncountableabbreviationclipping

   Short form of cryptography. The science of keeping messages secret with codes.

   The app uses strong crypto to keep your messages private.

   He studies crypto so he can build safer software.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Kept secret or hidden, so that other people do not know about it.

   Her politics were more crypto than her friends ever guessed.

   Critics accused the senator of holding crypto sympathies for the old regime.

   Similarsecret, covert, hidden, clandestine

   Oppositeopen, overt, avowed

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A person who secretly supports a group or cause but keeps it hidden.

   Party leaders worried that the new member was a crypto working for their enemies.

   He turned out to be a crypto, loyal all along to the other side.

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5. 5
   nouncolloquialcountable or uncountableabbreviationclipping

   Short form of cryptococcus. A type of fungus that can make people ill.

   Lab tests found crypto in the patient's spinal fluid.

   Crypto can cause serious infections in people with weak immune systems.

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6. 6
   nouncolloquialcountable or uncountableabbreviationclipping

   Short form of cryptococcosis. An illness caused by a fungus.

   The patient was treated for crypto after the fungus reached the brain.

   Crypto often starts in the lungs before spreading elsewhere.

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7. 7
   nouncolloquialcountable or uncountableabbreviationclipping

   Short form of cryptosporidium. A tiny parasite found in dirty water.

   The town's water supply was contaminated with crypto.

   Crypto can survive in pools even after they are chlorinated.

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8. 8
   nouncolloquialcountable or uncountableabbreviationclipping

   Short form of cryptosporidiosis. A stomach illness caused by a tiny parasite.

   Several swimmers came down with crypto after using the public pool.

   Crypto causes watery diarrhea that can last for weeks.

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