BALLPOINT PEN Definition & Meaning

ballpoint pen

[ bawl-point pen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a pen in which the point is a fine ball bearing that rotates against a supply of semisolid ink in a cartridge, thus rolling the ink onto paper.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ballpoint pen¹

First recorded in 1945–50; ball ¹ + point

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Following a scoreless draw against the LA Galaxy at Lumen Field Sunday, the longtime Sounders coach compulsively clicked a ballpoint pen and lamented his team’s lack of belief.

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His pictures from that time are in blue ballpoint pen on pieces of paper torn out of notebooks — that’s all Kostenko had.

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He has a clipboard on his lap, a ballpoint pen in one hand.

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They recorded its vitals — a plump and healthy Townsend’s warbler weighing 8.4 grams, about as much as a ballpoint pen — and gently clamped an identification band on one of its legs.

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Like Laurie, Mike put the brakes on before breaking out the ballpoint pen.

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