'backspace' definitions:
Definition of 'backspace'
(from WordNet)
noun
The typewriter key used for back spacing [syn: backspace key, backspace, backspacer]
verb
Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"
Definition of 'backspace'
From: GCIDE
- backspace \backspace\, backspacer \backspacer\n.
- 1. The key on a typewriter or other keyboard used for back spacing.
- Syn: backspace key. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'backspace'
From: GCIDE
- backspace \backspace\, v. i. In typing text, to press the backspace key so as to reposition the carriage or cursor on the previous space. [PJC]