Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A long, narrow, flatbottom fishing boat having a centerboard and one or two masts, each rigged with a triangular sail.
- n. An alert, quick-witted person.
- n. A sharper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. An alert person.
- n. A knowledgeable fisherman.
- n. A swindler.
- n. A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- n. Abbreviation of sharp-shinned hawk.
- n. A member of a youth gang of the 1960s and 70s.
- n. A felt tipped marker pen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as sharpy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- n. an alert and energetic person
- n. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- n. a pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface
Etymologies
Examples
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A poor nerd (you can recognize them by the Autobot/Decepticon logos stencilled onto their brown paper lunch bags in sharpie).
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The sharpie was a parting gift for the lucky fan who caught it.
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With buckshot, you can take a shot, go circle the hits with coloured "sharpie", take another shot, circle with a different coloured sharpie, etc ...
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From the home page on, links take visitors to Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and the search page for the term "sharpie," which returns groups set up by customers and fans.
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For the first bagel, I have them draw the indicated lines with a "sharpie".
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However, if there's one other thing that is synonymous with "sharpie" it's "inky bleed through".
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In addition to the 2008 model line there will be some very special bikes in the Ducati performance display: an accessorized Desmosedici RR; the infamous Martini 1098 S; and a Monster 696 featuring custom "sharpie" graphics by Roland Sands Design.
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And a fun tip, if you see a sharpie marking in your child's hand, just grab a wet sponge as fast as humanly possible.
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RJ: Don't stay out all night before you have to appear on a morning show and always carry a sharpie in case someone wants you to autograph her breasts.
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 Secondly, despite being afraid of ruining another sharpie, no other pen writes well on gesso.
oroboros commented on the word sharpie
ShArPie
May 11, 2008