ballpen
1.6
A pen with a small metal ball at the tip that rolls and puts ink on paper
- noun
- /ˈbɔːlˌpɛn/
- Indian
:
bolígrafo
- I always carry a ballpen in my bag for jotting down important notes.
Examples
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She signed the contract using her favorite ballpen.
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He wrote the letter with a blue ballpen for a smooth finish.
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She had given him the look earlier, as he was unconsciously holding his Parker ballpen between his teeth when he was supposed to be taking down the session notes.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
ballpoint
vsballpen
14
1.0
A pen that puts ink on paper with a small metal ball at the tip
is the full descriptive phrase rather than the short label
ballpoint pen
vsballpen
8
1.0
A writing pen with a small metal ball in the tip that rolls ink onto paper
has identical meaning but is the shorter common form
2
2.8
A pen with a small metal ball at the tip that rolls ink onto paper
is the generic descriptive term rather than a brand name
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Morphology
Etymology
Ballpen is made from the simple parts ball and pen. The ball is the small metal 'ball' at the tip that rolls and carries ink across the page, so a ballpen is a pen that writes using a tiny rolling ball.