watchword
IPA: wˈɑtʃwɝd
noun
- A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry.
- (military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.
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Examples of "watchword" in Sentences
- Slow and careful is the watchword.
- I think that's the watchword here.
- Shall be our watchword and our aim,
- Progress was the watchword of the day.
- Its watchword is unity in diversity...
- Echo the watchword, the red and green forever.
- As for the Empire itself, the watchword was obedience.
- I think consistency is the watchword for this exercise.
- Verify and accountability and the watchwords of information.
- Fulfilling the plan became the watchword of Soviet bureaucracy.