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backspace

Noun, Verb (usu participle)

back=space

WORDNET DICTIONARY

backspace(n = noun.artifact) backspace key, backspacer - the typewriter key used for back spacing; Array

is a kind of key

is a part of typewriter keyboard

backspace(v = verb.communication) Array - hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"

Derived form noun backspacer₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

backspace, n.

The key on a typewriter or other keyboard used for back spacing. [WordNet 1.5]

backspace, v. i.

In typing text, to press the backspace key so as to reposition the carriage or cursor on the previous space. [PJC]

backspace, v.intr. move a typewriter carriage etc. back one or more spaces.

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