Definition of "ctrl" [ctrl]

• Control key (abbreviation)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "To make the text larger or smaller, just depress and hold down the 'ctrl' key (lower left) and press either the 'plus' or 'minus' key (on the right side) and the text gets larger or smaller accordingly."
• "It doesn't have an scrolls; you're going to have to explore with the little boxes at the bottom or you hold down 'ctrl' and slide around with your mouse."
• "Chuck Norris doesn't have a 'ctrl' button on his keyboard."