I've searched the net and found an answer in answers.com but in the dictionary (the real book) there is no such word. Please help me.
2007-03-16 15:16:17 · 6 answers · asked by nixie 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Perhaps you mean "cursor," the indicator of where your place is on a computer screen. From merriamwebster.com:
Main Entry: cur·sor
Pronunciation: 'k&r-s&r, -"sor
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, runner, from currere
: a movable item used to mark a position: as a : a transparent slide with a line attached to a slide rule b : a visual cue (as a flashing rectangle) on a video display that indicates position (as for data entry)
2007-03-16 15:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Gretch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curser is a word it means
curse (kûrs)
n.
An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
The evil or misfortune that comes in or as if in response to such an appeal: bewailed the curse of ill health.
One that is accursed.
A source or cause of evil; a scourge: “Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race” (William Ewart Gladstone).
A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
Ecclesiastical. A censure, ban, or anathema.
Slang. Menstruation. Used with the.
2007-03-16 22:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by green_ballin_23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean "cursor": A cursor is a moving marker or pointer that indicates a position. English-speakers have used the term with this meaning since the 16th century, for a wide variety of movable or mobile position-markers.
2007-03-16 22:26:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well when i went to school a curser is a person who said bad words. then I went to collage and it became a arrow on the computer.
2007-03-16 22:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by Shelly t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is "cursor" with and "o".
2007-03-16 22:25:21 · answer #5 · answered by Aunt Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is now.
2007-03-16 22:19:07 · answer #6 · answered by kyle.keyes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋