Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fat arrow

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: fat ar-row
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The => symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.

Example Sentences

"The fat arrow is a new shorter way to write functions using '=>' instead of 'function() {}', and will look familiar to anyone who has used CoffeeScript."
"A constant can't be used on the left-hand side of a fat arrow (=>) because that turns it into a string."

Etymology

From fat + arrow, because of its thickness compared to ->.

Inflected Forms

fat arrows (plural)

Questions

What does fat arrow mean?: The => symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
Where does fat arrow come from?: From fat + arrow, because of its thickness compared to ->.

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