verb
- past tense of backspace; moved the cursor backward to delete characters or correct text
Usage: computing; typing
Examples
- She backspaced to correct the spelling error.
- He backspaced three times to delete the wrong word.
- I accidentally backspaced too far and deleted the entire sentence.
- The student backspaced and retyped the paragraph.
- After noticing the mistake, she quickly backspaced to fix it.
- He backspaced through the email to remove the typos.