Typewriter

Definitions

1. A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
2. One who uses a typewriter; a typist.
   archaic
3. A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).
   US, dated, slang
4. A prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.

Equivalents

46 more languages

العربيةآلَة طَابِعَةآلَة كَاتِبَةالآلة الكاتبةمِكْتَاب+ 1 more

Bosanskišrajbmašinaшрајбмашина

Catalàmàquina d'escriure

Češtinapsací stroj

Cymraegteipiadur

Danskskrivemaskine

Ελληνικάγραφομηχανήδακτυλογράφος

Esperantoskribmaŝinotajpilo

Eestikirjutusmasin

Euskaraidazmakina

Suomikirjoituskonekonekirjoittaja

Gaeilgeclóscríobhán

Gàidhligclò-sgrìobhadairclò-sgrìobhaiche

Galegomáquina de escribir

עבריתמְכוֹנַת כְּתִיבָה

हिन्दीटाइपराइटर

Hrvatskišrajbmašinaшрајбмашина

Magyarírógép

Հայերենգրամեքենա

Bahasa Indonesiamesin tikmesin tulistik

Íslenskaritariritvél

Italianomacchina da scrivere

日本語タイピストタイプライター印字機

ქართულისაწერი მანქანა

ភាសាខ្មែរអង្គុលីលេខ

한국어인자기타이프라이터타자기

Kurdîtîk

LëtzebuergeschSchreifmaschinn

ລາວເຄື່ອງພິມດີດ

Latviešurakstāmmašīna

Bahasa Melayumesin taip

မြန်မာလက်နှိပ်စက်

Nederlandsschrijfmachinetypemachinetypmachine

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਟਾਈਪਰਾਈਟਰ

Polskimaszyna do pisaniamaszynistka

Portuguêsmáquina de escrever

Românădactilografdactilografămașină de scris

Русскиймашинисткапеча́тная маши́нкапишущая машинка

Српскиšrajbmašinaшрајбмашина

Svenskamaskinskrivareskrivmaskinskrivmaskinist

Kiswahilitaipureta

ไทยเครื่องพิมพ์ดีด

Tagalogmakinilya

Türkçedaktilodaktilo makinesiyazı makinasıyazı makinesi+ 1 more

Українськадрука́рська маши́нкамашинка

Tiếng Việtmáy chữmáy đánh chữ

Examples

“So many mongrel words, like⟳ typist and typewritist, have⟳ been introduced, we propose⟳ a fixed designation of—typewriter, to mean⟳ the person who writes, and writing machine, the device.”

“He had taken the wife to his raw new palace in San Diego, where she and her people occupied a wing of great price, and Cheyne, in a veranda-room, between a secretary and a typewriter, who was also a telegraphist, toiled along wearily from day to day.”

“The typewriter got up and disappeared out a back door, and soon she come⟳ back with a man, and he said, "Can I be of some help⟳, Mr. Higgens?"”

“The battle had opened in earnest. From the wooded ridge came in reply⟳ the clacking of "typewriters,” and bullets whined over our heads.”

“It was like⟳ sinking to sleep⟳ in a soft, dry bed with a big drink⟳ of brandy in you after you're dog-tired from a tour of duty on the firing-step, or slipping into a warm bath when you're lousy-dirty and chilled to the bone from crawling through mud and filth and dodging flares and 'typewriter' bullets half the night.”

“Why, any day I'd go up against a typewriter, with a forty-five. One shot I'd need⟳ and there'd be time for three while he was getting that damn' thing swung around and pointed —”

“Fortunately we were on the edge of a shallow shell hole when the sentry caught our movements and Fritz cut⟳ loose with the "typewriters."”

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