To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
To descend sharply or steeply.
To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
To undertake with enthusiasm.
To swim under water.
To explore by diving; to plunge into.
To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
To jump into water head-first.
A downward swooping motion.
A swim under water.
A jump or plunge into water.
Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
A deliberate fall after a challenge.
A decline.
A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.