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Backspace

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Noun

1. backspace, backspace key, backspacer

the typewriter key used for back spacing

Verb

2. backspace

hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard

Example Sentences:
'To erase, you must backspace'

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Backspace

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verb
1. 
to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
noun
2. 
a typewriter key that effects such a movement

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Backspace

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈbackˌspaced or ˈbackˌspacing
to move a typewriter carriage, cursor, etc. back along the same line one space at a time by depressing a special key (ˈbackˌspacer)

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Backspace

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intr.v. back·spaced, back·spac·ing, back·spac·es
a. To move an onscreen cursor one character to the left, typically deleting the character that is there, by pressing the backspace key.
b. To move a typewriter carriage back one space by striking the backspace key.
n.
The backspace key.

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