EGAVE

typewriter

About 2.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
  2. noun One who uses a typewriter; a typist.
  3. noun A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).
  4. noun A prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.

Similar words

typing typist machinery writer machine gpt typo tpg stenotype keyboard

Often followed by

and in or is to was with keyboard for

Word family

typewriters

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