backspace
About 0.18 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
- noun A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
- noun A non-printable text character representing a backspace.
- verb To remove a character behind a cursor.
- verb To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
Similar words
ctrl recession rewind retrocession return rollback reversal reverse backward back
Often followed by
key to or and character over keys delete once
Word family
backspaced backspaces backspacing
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