asterisk

asterisk has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
• n.. a star-shaped character * used in printing
• v.. mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"