n. to move a typewriter carriage or computer cursor back one or more spaces by pressing a certain key; the key used for moving backwards
I hit the backspace key on the key board.
I hit the backspace key on the key board.
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key to back up; key to back one; backwards
forwards
2 syllables
back-space
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