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
sharpies
noun
as in dodgers
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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- dodgers
- sharks
- cheats
- sharpers
- skinners
- phonies
- chiselers
- cheaters
- swindlers
- defrauders
- scammers
- tricksters
- foxes
- cozeners
- ringers
- confidence men
- sneakers
- scamsters
- trickers
- fraudsters
- chisellers
- fakirs
- fox
- bilks
- hoaxers
- finaglers
- bilkers
- adventurers
- phoneys
- fakers
- plotters
- bluffers
- double-crossers
- humbugs
- sneaks
- charlatans
- impostors
- pretenders
- slicksters
- fakes
- pranksters
- quacks
- mountebanks
- rascals
- slickers
- quacksalvers
- knaves
- imposters
- slyboots
- cardsharps
- gamesmen
- rogues
- schemers
- shams
- smoothies
- double-dealers
- slicks
- blacklegs
- cardsharpers
- wheeler-dealers
- fast-talkers
- thermopolymerization
- thermoprene
- thermopses
- Thermopsis
- thermopsises
- thermopsisses
- Thermopylae
- thermopylaes
- thermoradiography
- thermoreceptor
- thermoreceptors
- thermoreduction
- thermoregulate
- thermoregulated
- thermoregulates
- thermoregulating
- thermoregulation
- thermoregulations
- thermoregulator
- thermoregulators
- thermoregulatory
- thermorelay
- thermoremanence
- thermoremanences
- thermoremanent