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backticks

backticks is the plural of backtick.

Meaning of backtick

Noun

backtick (plural backticks)

  1. The symbol `, resembling a reversed quotation mark and also being, or being homoglyphic to (depending on mental model), a grave accent mark in isolation. (Common uses include (1) use as a dead key in composing grave-accented characters, (2) use as an escape character to mark literals, and (3) many other uses as defined by contexts.)
    • The backtick acts like the double-quote operator.2000, Lincoln D Stein, Network Programming with Perl
    Synonyms:
    backquote

Questions about backticks

What is backticks the plural of?
Backticks is the plural of backtick.

Words near backticks in the dictionary

  1. backthrusting
  2. backthrustings
  3. backthrusts
  4. backtick
  5. backticked
  6. backticks
  7. backtime
  8. backtimed
  9. backtimes
  10. backtiming
  11. backtitrate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backticks (page history and authors); backtick (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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