Usually means: Pen that dispenses ink over ball.
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  1. ballpoint: Merriam-Webster
  2. ballpoint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ballpoint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ballpoint: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ballpoint: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ballpoint, ballpoint: Wordnik
  7. ballpoint (pen): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ballpoint: Wiktionary
  9. ballpoint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ballpoint: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ballpoint: Dictionary.com
  12. ballpoint: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Ballpoint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. ballpoint: Rhymezone
  15. ballpoint: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ballpoint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ballpoint: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. ballpoint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  (colloquial) A ballpoint pen.
▸ noun:  (sewing) A kind of needle with a rounded tip.

Similar:
ballpoint pen, biro, ballpen, ball pen, ball-point pen, penpoint, marker pen, felt-tip, ink pen, felt pen, more...

Opposite:
fountain pen, rollerball pen, gel pen

Phrases:
ballpoint pen, ballpoint pens, Ballpoint pen artwork, Ballpoint pen knife, more...

Adjectives:
blue, black, red, cheap, green, ordinary, disposable, plastic, leaky, issue, grey



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Similar:
ballpoint pen, biro, ballpen, ball pen, ball-point pen, penpoint, marker pen, felt-tip, ink pen, felt pen, more...

Opposite:
fountain pen, rollerball pen, gel pen

Phrases:
ballpoint pen, ballpoint pens, Ballpoint pen artwork, Ballpoint pen knife, more...

Adjectives:
blue, black, red, cheap, green, ordinary, disposable, plastic, leaky, issue, grey



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