typing

British  

/ ˈtaɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. the work or activity of using a typewriter or word processor

2. the skill of using a typewriter quickly and accurately

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Explanation

Typing is the act of writing using a keyboard. If you're sick of writing out your English papers by hand, you might want to take a typing class. Back in the 1880s, typing meant writing with a typewriter. Today, typing is more likely to refer to entering text on a computer or smartphone. When you're typing, you can use the "hunt and peck" method, in which you push keys one at a time while looking at the keyboard. A typing teacher can help you master touch typing, in which you memorize where each key is, use every finger, and don't need to look at the keyboard.

Example Sentences

Walking and typing is dangerous, but walking and talking like a maniac into my own recorder is merely antisocial.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

Within the fair’s 200 buildings, they were dazzled by inventions including an enormous Corliss steam engine, the first typing machine featuring a qwerty keyboard and a working model of a steamship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The bigger threat is a rival rectangle to solve the frustrations inherent in the rectangle: charging, typing, swiping around in search of apps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Then there are 1997 Kobe Bryant Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Green cards, which just by typing that highfalutin name can give even the most savvy collector goose bumps.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

At school, he takes typing and stenography classes.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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