Meaning

4 senses
  1. 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.

    Schreibmaschine

    пи́шущая маши́нкаpíšuščaja mašínka, печа́тная маши́нкаpečátnaja mašínka

    друка́рська маши́нкаdrukársʹka mašýnka

  2. (US, dated, slang)A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).

  3. A prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.

  4. (archaic)One who uses a typewriter; a typist.

    машини́сткаmašinístka

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

Examples

50 sentences
  1. People used to write books using typewriters.

    Колись люди писали книжки на друкарських машинках. — deniko

    ruЛюди писали книги, используя печатные машинки. — odexed

    deFrüher hat man Bücher mit der Schreibmaschine geschrieben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I got this typewriter at a bargain price.

    Я купив цю друкарську машинку зі знижкою. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ достал эту пишущую машинку со скидкой. — kobylkin

    deIch habe diese Schreibmaschine zu einem Sonderpreis bekommen. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Is this typewriter yours?

    Це твоя друкарська машинка? — deniko

    ruЭто твоя пишущая машинка? — timsa

    deGehört diese Schreibmaschine dir? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Typewriters are so noisy.

    Друкарські машинки дуже шумні. — deniko

  5. Keep your hands off my typewriter.

    ruУбери свои руки от моей печатной машинки. — Netka

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
machine used to print text by pressing keys:
Русский
By meaning 2
machine used to print text by pressing keys:
one who uses a typewriter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
machine used to print text by pressing keys:

Origin

From type + writer.

From type + writer.

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