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backslashed

backslashed is the simple past and past participle of backslash.

Meaning of backslash

Verb

backslash (third-person singular simple present backslashes, present participle backslashing, simple past and past participle backslashed)

  1. (transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

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Questions about backslashed

What is backslashed the simple past and past participle of?
Backslashed is the simple past and past participle of backslash.

Words near backslashed in the dictionary

  1. backslappers
  2. backslapping
  3. backslappings
  4. backslaps
  5. backslash
  6. backslashed
  7. backslashes
  8. backslashing
  9. backslid
  10. backslidden
  11. backslide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backslashed (page history and authors); backslash (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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