backtick

From back +‎ tick.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæk.tɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æktɪk

backtick (plural backticks)

1. (computing) The symbol `, resembling a reversed quotation mark.
   • 2000, Lincoln D Stein, Network Programming with Perl:

     The backtick acts like the double-quote operator.

• backquote

• backticked

• grave accent

• “backtick”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• backtick, backquote at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.