"dasherize" meaning in All languages combined

See dasherize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: dasherizes [present, singular, third-person], dasherizing [participle, present], dasherized [participle, past], dasherized [past]
Etymology: From dash and -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dasherize (third-person singular simple present dasherizes, present participle dasherizing, simple past and past participle dasherized)
  1. (programming, informal) To convert (a string) to use hyphens as word separators. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dasherize meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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