See ^H in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "A representation of ASCII character 0x08, which is backspace.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sym"
},
"expansion": "^H",
"name": "en-head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "symbol",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English symbols",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English words spelled without vowels",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Internet",
"orig": "en:Internet",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
19
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"english": "Read the fucine manual.",
"text": "Read the fuc^H^Hine manual.",
"translation": "Read the fucine manual.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Delete that last character."
],
"id": "en-^H-en-symbol-pJSLnYUw",
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"Delete",
"delete"
],
[
"last",
"last"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last character."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "^W"
},
{
"word": "in Minecraft"
},
{
"word": "just kidding"
}
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"humorous",
"usually"
]
}
],
"word": "^H"
}
{
"etymology_text": "A representation of ASCII character 0x08, which is backspace.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sym"
},
"expansion": "^H",
"name": "en-head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "symbol",
"related": [
{
"word": "^W"
},
{
"word": "in Minecraft"
},
{
"word": "just kidding"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English humorous terms",
"English lemmas",
"English slang",
"English symbols",
"English terms spelled with ^",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English words spelled without vowels",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Internet"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
19
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"english": "Read the fucine manual.",
"text": "Read the fuc^H^Hine manual.",
"translation": "Read the fucine manual.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Delete that last character."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"Delete",
"delete"
],
[
"last",
"last"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last character."
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"humorous",
"usually"
]
}
],
"word": "^H"
}
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