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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.

caneta esferográfica
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Examples for "ballpoint pen"
Examples for "ballpoint pen"
1
Oh and there's a retractable ballpoint pen with a nice twist action.
The Irish Times
2
How the Biro ballpoint pen became a million dollar idea no Close
BBC
3
He picked up a casing on the end of a ballpoint pen.
Rain gods
4
I took the ballpoint pen out of my pocket and uncapped it.
The Lightning Thief
5
Besides this I've got a coin purse, a handkerchief, a ballpoint pen.
Kafka on the Shore
1
While Edward sampled his beer, I took out my ballpen and said, 'There's something else.
The Pariah
1
How the Biro ballpoint pen became a million dollar idea no Close
BBC
2
We interact with kids based on the way that they look, Biro said.
Reuters
3
Now, it's very important to say that Peter Paul Biro vehemently denies this.
The new yorker
4
But the government of Vanuatu got out its Biro and signed.
The Irish Times
5
Tells how Mr. Reynolds got around to patent the Biro pen.
The new yorker
Usage of ballpoint in English
1
Note the nature of the evidence on the pad with the ballpoint.
Black house
2
Oh and there's a retractable ballpoint pen with a nice twist action.
The Irish Times
3
How the Biro ballpoint pen became a million dollar idea no Close
BBC
4
He picked up a casing on the end of a ballpoint pen.
Rain gods
5
I took the ballpoint pen out of my pocket and uncapped it.
The Lightning Thief
6
Besides this I've got a coin purse, a handkerchief, a ballpoint pen.
Kafka on the Shore
7
Tuckerman took a ballpoint and a yellow legal pad from his briefcase.
Break No Bones
8
The steady impression of the ballpoint tickled, creating knots in her stomach.
Nevermore
9
My fingers closed reassuringly around the ballpoint pen I always slept with.
The Sea of Monsters
10
Ear on the receiver, Kaoru twiddles a ballpoint pen between her fingers.
After dark
11
Colonoscopy was negative; however, a ballpoint pen was impacted in the sigmoid region.
Pubmed
12
Today, the ballpoint is what most people mean when they say just pen.
Wired
13
Years ago, the branded give-away of choice was the ballpoint pen.
Wired
14
From the back seat came the sound of a ballpoint pen on paper.
RING
15
He thought he could hear her ticking a ballpoint on a desk blotter.
Rain gods
16
Written in ballpoint pen along the bottom is a name: Ania.
The Storyteller
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Translations for ballpoint
Catalan
bolígraf
Ballpoint through the time
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