backspacer
- noun
- /ˈbækˌspeɪsər/
- Archaic
:
retroceso
- He used the backspacer on his typewriter to backtrack and fix the typo.
Examples
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The writer pressed the backspacer to correct a mistake in the document.
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To make her work neat, she frequently hit the backspacer while typing.
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Even after the backspacer was invented, I didn't figure it was worth going back that far to fix stuff that had already healed.
Fiction book (1999) -
What else is the backspacer for?" The waiter brought their food, the aroma of curry and peanut sauce filling the air.
Fiction book (1999) -
Shrugging, he went on into the kitchen, grabbed a wad of paper towels, and padded back to the backspacer.
Fiction book (1996) -
"He looked down at his menu again, wondering how long she had let the peppers burn before she'd excused herself from the table on the pretext of going to the bathroom and used the restaurant's backspacer instead.
Fiction book (1999) -
Mike hobbled into the living room, set the telephone ringer to "gentle," and turned back toward the backspacer, but as usual when he'd made a change that created a paradox, he didn't have to climb all the way back in and push the "return" button.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
2
2.5
The key on a keyboard that erases the letter before the cursor
1
2.6
A key on a keyboard that deletes the letter or number before the cursor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backspacer comes from the parts back 'toward the back' and space 'a blank', plus -er meaning 'a thing that does something'. So a backspacer is literally the key that moves a typewriter one space backward to correct a mistake.