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backquoting

backquoting is the present participle and gerund of backquote.

Meaning of backquote

Verb

backquote (third-person singular simple present backquotes, present participle backquoting, simple past and past participle backquoted)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (text) in backquotes.

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Questions about backquoting

What is backquoting the present participle and gerund of?
Backquoting is the present participle and gerund of backquote.

Words near backquoting in the dictionary

  1. backpropagational
  2. backpropagations
  3. backquote
  4. backquoted
  5. backquotes
  6. backquoting
  7. backra
  8. backradiation
  9. backraise
  10. backraised
  11. backraises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backquoting (page history and authors); backquote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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