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 make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
To masturbate.
To lift using a jerk.
To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
A dull or stupid person.
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.