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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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A brand of pointed permanent markers used primarily for labeling items in boldface, signing autographs, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An alert person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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noun
A knowledgeable fisherman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, regional
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noun
A swindler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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Synonyms: sharp
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noun
A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A permanent marker of the above brand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sailboat, sailing boat
noun
a pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pen, trademark
noun
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpy, card shark
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Broader terms: card player, swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter
noun
an alert and energetic person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: eager beaver, busy bee, live wire, sharpy
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Broader terms: actor, doer, worker
Narrower terms: goffer, gopher
History
From sharp + -ie.
From sharp + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
