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keying

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of key

noun keyings

  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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@misc{keying_2026,
  title = {keying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/keying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}