keystroke

[kee-strohk]

noun

1. one stroke of any key on a machine operated by a keyboard, as a typewriter, computer terminal, or Linotype.

   I can do 3000 keystrokes an hour.

keystroke

/ ˈkiːˌstrəʊk /

noun

1. a single operation of the mechanism of a typewriter or keyboard-operated typesetting machine by the action of a key

Word History and Origins

Origin of keystroke¹

First recorded in 1905–10; key ¹ + stroke ¹

Example Sentences

For decades, bold inventors dreamed of leaping beyond the typewriter’s supremacy in favor of a fundamentally better way of turning keystrokes into finished documents.

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If Prince Andrew can be stripped of his honors and title with a few keystrokes, perhaps I can become Her Royal Highness Princess Brenda, or at least Duchess of something, with the same ease.

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Through the sites, the scammers can watch every keystroke the victims type, and enter the same information into wallets on their own smartphones.

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There’s a thrill in it, the sense that a few keystrokes might bend a corporate titan to your will.

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With a keystroke, he switched to infrared vision to find the man’s heat profile through the brush to make sure he still had him.

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