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🖊️ A brand name 🖊️ A marker pen ✍️ To write with marker
to Sharpie

to Sharpie

4.8
To mark something with a permanent marker pen
  • verb
  • /ˈʃɑrpi/
  • Informal
translation icon : marcar con marcador permanente
  • Make sure to sharpie the signs clearly for the event this weekend.

Examples

  • She quickly sharpied her name on the label before sending out the package.

  • I need to sharpie this box so everyone knows it belongs to me.

  • I would have to fill them with a Sharpie and just be like use little strokes.

  • Thanks, Virginia, you sharpie, for reminding us how Morris arrogantly ordered America, from the NY Times op-ed page, to go to war against Iran for Israel.

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Synonyms

to mark
vsto Sharpie
192 1.0

Make a visible line, spot, or sign on a surface

uses a specific permanent marker to label rather than any visible sign
to letter
vsto Sharpie
6 7.7

To write words or names on a surface

uses a permanent marker to label rather than only inscribe individual characters
to ink
vsto Sharpie
4 2.4

To mark something with a colored liquid used for writing

uses a permanent marker to label rather than just apply liquid to surfaces
to scribe
vsto Sharpie
3 7.4

To mark a surface with a sharp point or write something carefully by hand

uses a permanent marker for quick labeling rather than careful hand-drawn lines

How Permanent

to etch
18 5.5
to Sharpie
  • Informal
4.8
pen
508 1.0
to mark
192 1.0
to pencil
13 1.0

Surface Forms

Sharpie infinitive
Sharpied past
Sharpied past participle
Sharpieing present participle
Sharpies third person singular

Etymology

Sharpie as a verb comes from the brand name Sharpie and simply means 'to mark with a Sharpie'. Because the pen leaves clear, 'sharp' marks, people say they 'Sharpied' something when they wrote on it with that marker.