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Definition: Cloak-and-dagger |
Cloak-and-daggerAdjective1. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Cloak-and-daggerSynonyms: clandestine (adj), hole-and-corner(a) (adj), hugger-mugger (adj), hush-hush (adj), on the quiet(p) (adj), secret (adj), surreptitious (adj), undercover (adj), underground (adj). (additional references) |
| "Cloak-and-dagger" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Cloak-and-dagger" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.82% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "cloak-and-dagger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me spiunazh, aventurash (picaresque). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шпионски, авантюристичен (adventurous, daring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 斗篷'匕首. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kalandos (adventurous, hazardous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 외투 그리 회검. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oak-and-daggerclay шпионский, приключенческий (adventure, cloak-and-sword). (various references) poverljiv (confidential, entrusting, tete a tete, trustful, trusting), špijunski. (various references) spion- (cloak-and-sword), bov- (cloak-and-sword). (various references) ลับๆ. (various references) casusluk ile ilgili, casusluk (espionage, spying), polisiye (detective), macera (adventure, affair, business, business deal, case, exploit, flirt, flirtation, gallantry, matter, romance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-d-e-g-g-k-l-n-o-r" | |
-5 letters: clangored, dreadlock, garlanded. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 6F 61 6B 2D 61 6E 64 2D 64 61 67 67 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01101111 01100001 01101011 00101101 01100001 01101110 01100100 00101101 01100100 01100001 01100111 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l o a k - a n d - d a g g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 006F 0061 006B 002D 0061 006E 0064 002D 0064 0061 0067 0067 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37788167771567807015706773737184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albán, 알"니아, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bolgár, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kínai, 중국, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , magyar, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreai, 한국, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, orosz, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 세르보크로아티아, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, svéd, 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, 타이 말, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , angol, 영국, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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