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sharpie.

An alert person.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃɑɹpi/General-American/ˈʃɑːpi/Received-Pronunciation
  1. An alert person.

    colloquial
  2. A knowledgeable fisherman.

    US · regional
  3. A swindler.

    US
  4. A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.

    US
  5. Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.

    US · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  6. Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.

    Australia · New-Zealand · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  7. A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.

    Australia
  8. A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.

Where this word comes from

From sharp + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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