"^W" meaning in All languages combined

See ^W on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Etymology: From the visual representation of the terminal encoding of the keypress Ctrl-W, the "delete back to whitespace" command in GNU readline, which is commonly available in GNU shells and other command-line utilities. Head templates: {{en-interj}} ^W
  1. (Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last word. Tags: Internet, humorous, usually Categories (topical): Internet Related terms: ^H
    Sense id: en-^W-en-intj-tbXmr0lI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} ^W
  1. (computing) The ASCII control character end of transmission block in caret notation. Categories (topical): Computing
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "symbol"
      },
      "expansion": "^W",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Caret notation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "mul:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ASCII control character end of transmission block in caret notation."
      ],
      "id": "en-^W-mul-symbol-DGpAhGrr",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ASCII",
          "ASCII#English"
        ],
        [
          "control character",
          "control character#English"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end#English"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of#English"
        ],
        [
          "transmission",
          "transmission#English"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block#English"
        ],
        [
          "caret notation",
          "caret notation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) The ASCII control character end of transmission block in caret notation."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "^W"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From the visual representation of the terminal encoding of the keypress Ctrl-W, the \"delete back to whitespace\" command in GNU readline, which is commonly available in GNU shells and other command-line utilities.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "^W",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Yeah, he's a real jerk^W civility-challenged fellow.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Well, Mimi, you’re old enough that you should go to parties now, so this should be your last year to tickle feet^W^W trick-or-treat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Delete that last word."
      ],
      "id": "en-^W-en-intj-tbXmr0lI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "Delete",
          "delete"
        ],
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last word."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "^H"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "humorous",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "^W"
}
{
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "^W",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "^H"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English slang",
        "English terms spelled with ^",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English words without vowels",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Yeah, he's a real jerk^W civility-challenged fellow.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Well, Mimi, you’re old enough that you should go to parties now, so this should be your last year to tickle feet^W^W trick-or-treat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Delete that last word."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "Delete",
          "delete"
        ],
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last word."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "humorous",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "^W"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "symbol"
      },
      "expansion": "^W",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Caret notation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
        "Translingual terms spelled with ^",
        "mul:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ASCII control character end of transmission block in caret notation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ASCII",
          "ASCII#English"
        ],
        [
          "control character",
          "control character#English"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end#English"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of#English"
        ],
        [
          "transmission",
          "transmission#English"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block#English"
        ],
        [
          "caret notation",
          "caret notation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) The ASCII control character end of transmission block in caret notation."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "^W"
}

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