Backslash

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A backward virgule ( ).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The punctuation mark \.
  • n. Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
  • v. To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
  • Word Usage
    "Obviously techniques like this will cause a backslash from the users."
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