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Meanings of
ballpoint
in English
Portuguese
caneta esferográfica
Catalan
bolígraf
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A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
ballpoint pen
ballpen
Biro
Portuguese
caneta esferográfica
Usage of
ballpoint
in English
1
Note the nature of the evidence on the pad with the
ballpoint
.
2
Oh and there's a retractable
ballpoint
pen with a nice twist action.
3
How the Biro
ballpoint
pen became a million dollar idea no Close
4
He picked up a casing on the end of a
ballpoint
pen.
5
I took the
ballpoint
pen out of my pocket and uncapped it.
6
Besides this I've got a coin purse, a handkerchief, a
ballpoint
pen.
7
Tuckerman took a
ballpoint
and a yellow legal pad from his briefcase.
8
The steady impression of the
ballpoint
tickled, creating knots in her stomach.
9
My fingers closed reassuringly around the
ballpoint
pen I always slept with.
10
Ear on the receiver, Kaoru twiddles a
ballpoint
pen between her fingers.
11
Colonoscopy was negative; however, a
ballpoint
pen was impacted in the sigmoid region.
12
Today, the
ballpoint
is what most people mean when they say just pen.
13
Years ago, the branded give-away of choice was the
ballpoint
pen.
14
From the back seat came the sound of a
ballpoint
pen on paper.
15
He thought he could hear her ticking a
ballpoint
on a desk blotter.
16
Written in
ballpoint
pen along the bottom is a name: Ania.
Other examples for "ballpoint"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
ballpoint
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
black ballpoint
blue ballpoint
red ballpoint
take a ballpoint
retractable ballpoint
More collocations
Translations for
ballpoint
Portuguese
caneta esferográfica
canetaesferográfica
Catalan
bolígraf
Ballpoint
through the time
Ballpoint
across language varieties
United States of America
Common