keys

/ (kiːz) /


interjection
  1. Scot dialect a children's cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

Origin of keys

1
origin uncertain

Words Nearby keys

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How to use keys in a sentence

  • Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.

    Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift
  • She sat perfectly still before the piano, not touching the keys, while Robert carried her message to Edna at the window.

  • Tony's stool was nearer to the bass keys of the piano, while the sofa Lettice lay upon had certainly been drawn up towards him.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • The keyboard had eleven, twelve, even thirteen keys in diatonic succession without semitones.

  • The pallets were connected to the keys by a series of levers, known as the tracker action.