typewriter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One who uses a typewriter; a typist.

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).

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

3. 3
   noun

   hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time

4. 4
   noun

   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.

From type + writer.

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