English Explanatory Dictionary

shift key

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
  2. A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.

Word forms

shift key shift keys

Etymology

First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

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