backtab

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noun

A software-defined key combination to do the reverse of pressing the Tab key, usually Shift+Tab.

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Meanings

nounbacktab (usually uncountable, plural backtabs)

plural backtabs · alternative Backtab

  1. uncountableusuallycomputingA software-defined key combination to do the reverse of pressing the Tab key, usually Shift+Tab.
  2. countableusuallycomputingAn instance of pressing this key combination.
verbbacktab (third-person singular simple present backtabs, present participle backtabbing, simple past and past participle backtabbed)

present singular third person backtabs · participle present backtabbing · participle past backtabbed · past backtabbed · alternative Backtab

  1. intransitivecomputingTo press this key combination.

Origin

From back + tab, analogous to backspace.

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Cite this entry
APA

backtab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backtab

MLA

“backtab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backtab. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backtab,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backtab.

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