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backspacing

backspacing is the present participle and gerund of backspace.

Meaning of backspace

Verb

backspace (third-person singular simple present backspaces, present participle backspacing, simple past and past participle backspaced)

  1. To remove a character behind a cursor.
    • So once you hit 'E', just backspace.2024 April 17, SMii7Y, 1:20 from the start, in Content Warning Footage That Should Never Be Uploaded, spoken by SMii7Y
  2. To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

See all 5 meanings of backspace

Questions about backspacing

What is backspacing the present participle and gerund of?
Backspacing is the present participle and gerund of backspace.

Words near backspacing in the dictionary

  1. backspaceable
  2. backspaced
  3. backspacer
  4. backspacers
  5. backspaces
  6. backspacing
  7. backspang
  8. backspangs
  9. backspatter
  10. backspattered
  11. backspattering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backspacing (page history and authors); backspace (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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