Noun: sharpie shaa(r)-pee
- [informal] A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
"The casino banned the known sharpie";
- cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpy [informal], card shark
- A shallow-draft sailing boat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
"The sharpie glided swiftly through the coastal waters"
- A brand of permanent marker with indelible ink that writes on most surfaces
"He labelled the boxes with a Sharpie"
Type of: card player, chiseler [US, informal], chiseller [Brit, Cdn, informal], defrauder, gouger [N. Amer, informal], grifter [N. Amer, informal], pen, sailboat [N. Amer], sailing boat [Brit], scammer, swindler, trademark
Encyclopedia: Sharpie