shift key

Other forms: shift keys

Definitions of shift key
  1. noun
    the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
    synonyms: shift
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    type of:
    key
    a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
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