sharpie

sharp·ie

noun \ˈshär-pē\

plural sharp·ies

Definition of SHARPIE

1

: a long narrow shallow-draft boat with flat or slightly V-shaped bottom and one or two masts each carrying a triangular sail

2

a : sharper

b : an exceptionally keen or alert person

Variants of SHARPIE

sharp·ie or sharpy \ˈshär-pē\

Examples of SHARPIE

1. <those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out>

First Known Use of SHARPIE

circa 1859

Related to SHARPIE

Synonyms

bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, fakir, finagler, fraudster [chiefly British], hoaxer, scammer, scamster, shark, sharper, trickster (or sharpy), skinner, swindler, tricker

Related Words

double-crosser, double-dealer; bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham; adventurer, fox, gamesman, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue; fast-talker, slick, slicker, slickster, slyboots, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer; plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker; blackleg, cardsharp (or cardsharper)

Rhymes with SHARPIE

harpy