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How to pronounce “cryptic”
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Pronunciation guide for cryptic
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cryptic with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A shark-deterrent wetsuit (and it's not what you think)
to either be cryptical in the water
- Definition summary
- Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce cryptic
A shark-deterrent wetsuit (and it's not what you think)
to either be cryptical in the water
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cryptic”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
- Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive.
- Involving use of a code or cipher.
- (crosswording) Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
- (zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
- (zoology) Serving as camouflage.
- (biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
- (zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
- [Noun]
- (informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
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