Associations to the word «Underscore»

Wiktionary

UNDERSCORE, noun. An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
UNDERSCORE, noun. (music) A piece of background music.
UNDERSCORE, verb. To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
UNDERSCORE, verb. To emphasize or draw attention to.

Dictionary definition

UNDERSCORE, noun. A line drawn underneath (especially under written matter).
UNDERSCORE, verb. Give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words".
UNDERSCORE, verb. Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne