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 defeat easily or convincingly.
To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
To sell.
To steal something.
To use something to extreme; to abuse.
To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.
To whip or scourge as punishment.
A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.