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backslashing

backslashing is the present participle and gerund 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 backslashing

What is backslashing the present participle and gerund of?
Backslashing is the present participle and gerund of backslash.

Words near backslashing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backslashing (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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