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

to Sharpie

1 4.8
To mark something with a permanent marker pen
  • verb
  • /ˈʃɑrpi/
  • Informal
: 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
111 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 ink
vsto Sharpie
11 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 letter
vsto Sharpie
7 7.7

To write words or names on a surface

uses a permanent marker to label rather than only inscribe individual characters
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
26 5.5
to Sharpie
  • Informal
1 4.8
pen
501 1.0
to mark
111 1.0
to pencil
11 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.