Noun: sharpy shaa(r)-pee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- An alert and energetic person
"The sharpy was always first to spot new opportunities";
- eager beaver [informal], busy bee [informal], live wire [informal]
- A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
"The casino banned several sharpies from their poker rooms";
- cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpie [informal], card shark
Derived forms: sharpies
Type of: actor, card player, chiseler [US, informal], chiseller [Brit, Cdn, informal], defrauder, doer, gouger [N. Amer, informal], grifter [N. Amer, informal], scammer, swindler, worker
Encyclopedia: Sharpy