ballpoint
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- noun
- /ˈbɔlˌpɔɪnt/
:
bolígrafo
- He is the fellow who invented the ballpoint pen.
- ballpoint pen
- ballpoint tip
There are black ballpoint pens on the table.
- There are black ballpoint pens on the table.
- Podcast and you wrote with a, you know, ballpoint pen on a hard surface.
- I grabbed A ballpoint pen and I just traced over the whole signature just very neatly.
Examples
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I was writing with a ballpoint pen on a lined notepad perched on my lap.
Fiction book (2000) -
Struggling to sit up, she began to write slowly with a ballpoint pen on a little memo pad.
Fiction book (1996) -
In fact, the document is written in blue ballpoint pen on yellow legal pad paper.
Academic text (2007) -
A guard brought a few sheets of paper and a ballpoint and instructed him to write.
Fiction book (1994) -
The writing on both the envelope and the letter was in red ballpoint ink.
Fiction book (2001) -
On the brown envelope, the name Ariel Fledermaus was written with a ballpoint pen.
Fiction book (1998) -
Fournet slid a pad of yellow paper and a ballpoint pen to DJ.
Fiction book (2001) -
Lila Mae rubs the ballpoint of the pen to get the ink flowing.
Fiction book (2000) -
I always carry a ballpoint pen in my backpack for taking notes during class.
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She signed the contract with a blue ballpoint pen.
Synonyms
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A tool for writing with ink
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A writing pen with a small metal ball in the tip that rolls ink onto paper
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A pen with a small metal ball at the tip that rolls ink onto paper
A pen with a small metal ball at the tip that rolls and puts ink on paper
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Etymology
Ballpoint is made from the words ball and point because the pen has a tiny rolling ball at its point. That small 'ball' rolls and leaves ink on the paper, so a ballpoint is a pen that writes by a little ball at the tip.