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sharpie

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːpi/

Definition of sharpie

noun (plural sharpies)

  • 1a sharp-prowed, flat-bottomed New England sailing boat, with one or two masts each rigged with a triangular sail.
  • 2 informal, chiefly North Americananother term for sharper.
  • 3Australian informal (in the 1960s and 1970s) a young person resembling a skinhead, with close-cropped hair and distinctive dress.

sharpie in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sharpie in the US English dictionary