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The correct spelling is keying.
How to pronounce keying
verb
Say it like: Key-ing
The correct spelling is keying. To fit (a lock) with a key. For example: "Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs."
Usage Examples
“Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs.”
“He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To fit (a lock) with a key.
- 2.To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- 3.To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- 4.(telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- 5.To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
noun
- 1.In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants.
- 2.The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
- 3.A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key
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