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a
: a bank of keys on a musical instrument (such as a piano) that usually consists of seven white and five raised black keys to the octave
b
: a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard
2
: a group of systematically arranged keys by which a machine or device is operated
a computer keyboard
3
: a board on which keys for locks are hung
keyboarded; keyboarding; keyboards
: to enter (data, text, etc.) by means of a keyboard
keyboard a manuscript
… he would like her to drop her copy off and have it keyboarded into the system by someone else.—
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
: to operate a machine (as for typesetting) by means of a keyboard
keyboarder
noun
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Each switch also features south-facing RGB LEDs for better keyboard illumination.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Nov. 2023
Needless to say, this analogy was such a howler that many, many people besides just me took fingers to keyboard to lambaste Robert Bryce, the author of that OpEd.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
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Noun
Yet given his gifts (keyboard virtuoso, powerful soul voice, stellar dancer, able to craft a propulsive hook), why didn’t Billy Preston become a bigger star?
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Each switch also features south-facing RGB LEDs for better keyboard illumination.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
The aftermath of the shooting was disappointing but not surprising; though Megan was the victim, not the perpetrator of the violence, she was harassed and slandered by everyone from her peers in the industry to keyboard warriors on social media.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Nov. 2023
Needless to say, this analogy was such a howler that many, many people besides just me took fingers to keyboard to lambaste Robert Bryce, the author of that OpEd.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011
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“Keyboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keyboard. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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