The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
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To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
An explosion.
A sudden percussive noise.
An explosive product.
A thrill.
An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
An act of sexual intercourse.
A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
strong smell (of)
An abrupt left turn.
A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.
To inject intravenously.
To hit hard.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
To hammer or to hit anything hard.
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
With a sudden impact.
Precisely.
Right, directly.