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keysmashes

keysmashes is the plural of keysmash.

Meaning of keysmash

Noun

keysmash (countable and uncountable, plural keysmashes)

  1. (slang) A haphazard striking of keys on a keyboard to convey frustration, laughter, or other emotion; the text so produced.
    • Even keysmash, that haphazard mashing of fingers against keyboard to signal a feeling so intense that you can't possibly type real words, has patterns. A typical keysmash might look like "asdljklgafdlik." or "asdfkfjas;dfs"—quite distinct from, say, a cat walking across the keyboard […]2019, Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 6
    Synonyms:
    keyboard smash

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Questions about keysmashes

What is keysmashes the plural of?
Keysmashes is the plural of keysmash.

Words near keysmashes in the dictionary

  1. keyset
  2. keysets
  3. keysigning
  4. keysmash
  5. keysmashed
  6. keysmashes
  7. keysmashing
  8. keysmith
  9. keysmiths
  10. Keysoe
  11. Keysor

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