sharpie
sharpie · sharpies
An alert personAn alert person.
UK/ˈʃɑːpi/US/ˈʃɑɹpi/
» I told you to buy dry-erase markers. I can't use these Sharpies on the whiteboard.
Meaning
6 senses(colloquial)An alert person.
an alert and energetic person
(US, regional)A knowledgeable fisherman.
(US)A swindler.
(US)A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
(Australia)A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
Examples
1 sentencesI told you to buy dry-erase markers. I can't use these Sharpies on the whiteboard.
Origin
From sharp + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).From sharp + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
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Forms
plural: sharpiesSynonyms
11 synonymsClose in meaning
- an alert and energetic person:eager beaverbusy beelive wiresharpy
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games:cardsharpcard sharpcardsharpercard sharpersharpersharpycard shark