sharpie
1 of 2noun
sharp·ie ˈshär-pē 
variants or
plural sharpies
1
: a long narrow shallow-draft boat with flat or slightly V-shaped bottom and one or two masts each carrying a triangular sail
2
a
: sharper
b
: an exceptionally keen or alert person
Sharpie
2 of 2trademark
Sharp·ie ˈshär-pē
—used for a permanent felt-tip pen
Synonyms
Noun
- bilk
- bilker
- cheat
- cheater
- chiseler
- chiseller
- confidence man
- cozener
- defrauder
- dodger
- fakir
- finagler
- fraudster [chiefly British]
- hoaxer
- scammer
- scamster
- shark
- sharper
- skinner
- swindler
- tricker
- trickster
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Example Sentences
Noun those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1
sharpie
noun
variants or
as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out Synonyms & Similar Words
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- dodger
- shark
- skinner
- sharper
- cheat
- cheater
- sneaker
- cozener
- chiseler
- confidence man
- defrauder
- scammer
- swindler
- bilker
- finagler
- tricker
- chiseller
- trickster
- hoaxer
- sneak
- bilk
- scamster
- slick
- fake
- fraudster
- plotter
- adventurer
- fakir
- faker
- quacksalver
- fox
- prankster
- charlatan
- quack
- smoothie
- double-crosser
- impostor
- ringer
- imposter
- slyboots
- rascal
- knave
- pretender
- phony
- mountebank
- rogue
- cardsharper
- bluffer
- phoney
- smoothy
- cardsharp
- double-dealer
- gamesman
- slickster
- schemer
- sham
- slicker
- blackleg
- humbug
- fast-talker
- wheeler-dealer
