Usage of "biro" | TermGallery

Portuguese

Catalan

A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.

Synonyms

Examples for "ballpoint"

Note the nature of the evidence on the pad with the ballpoint. 
 Black house 

Oh and there's a retractable ballpoint pen with a nice twist action. 
 The Irish Times 

How the Biro ballpoint pen became a million dollar idea no Close 
 BBC 

He picked up a casing on the end of a ballpoint pen. 
 Rain gods 

I took the ballpoint pen out of my pocket and uncapped it. 
 The Lightning Thief 

Oh and there's a retractable ballpoint pen with a nice twist action. 
 The Irish Times 

How the Biro ballpoint pen became a million dollar idea no Close 
 BBC 

He picked up a casing on the end of a ballpoint pen. 
 Rain gods 

I took the ballpoint pen out of my pocket and uncapped it. 
 The Lightning Thief 

Besides this I've got a coin purse, a handkerchief, a ballpoint pen. 
 Kafka on the Shore 

While Edward sampled his beer, I took out my ballpen and said, 'There's something else. 
 The Pariah 

Usage of biro in English

Particularly when he found himself a piece of paper and a biro. 
 The Irish Times 

The answers came back not by fax but in blue flowery biro. 
 The Guardian 

Another in neat biro read: You were the best prefect ever. 
 The Irish Times 

New Zealand had one sort of biro and that wasn't it. 
 The Guardian 

The other side is blank, except for a neatly-written message in blue biro. 
 The Irish Times 

It was written in biro but was heavily underscored to amplify its prominence. 
 The Irish Times 

Instead of biro, the pen is filled with lip and eyeliners. 
 The Irish Times 

All you need is a giant biro and you have yourself a new car. 
 Wired 

I took out a biro and quickly crossed out the clauses applying to Jeremiah's descendants. 
 Hell to pay 

And in much of the world, the generic name for a ballpoint pen is biro. 
 Wired 

I took it out, got a biro and wrote a cheque for fifty dollars, cash. 
 The Quiet Earth 

Just some fucking guy who's got a biro sticking out the front of his face. 
 City of lies 

Guns are fired, biro-red blood squirts from white shirts. 
 The Quiet Earth 

And a small diary, entries written in a biro scrawl like the secretions of an insect. 
 The Quiet Earth 

I got up, leaving my biro and newspaper on the table as signs that I would return. 
 The Sense of an Ending 

I had the address of the venue, which was written in biro on the cardboard entrance ticket. 
 Class of 88 

Frequent collocations

Translations for biro

Portuguese

Catalan

Biro through the time

Meanings of biro in English