biro
biro
Definition
biro (bī′rō, bir′ō)
noun pl. -·ros
Brit., Informal a ballpoint pen
Etymology: < Biro, a trademark for a kind of ballpoint pen
biro
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Then you used a biro to rub in some ink, which was supposed to make it permanent.
- have: In those years, we didn't have biro 's, we used ink pens.
Adjective modifier
- bic: However, my pen has ran out so a bic biro would be great.
- blue: A program from the Fore meeting is signed by Joey Dunlop in blue biro.
- black: Written in black biro on mount " Standard Theater: Shoreditch.
- red: A red biro to mark your course on your map.
- empty: Score along the fold lines by dragging something like a pair of blunt scissors or an empty biro along the edge of a ruler.
- disposable: Use a refillable pen instead of disposable biros and avoid disposable razors.
Modifies a noun
- pen: Went into town and buttered some bread on O'Connell street with a biro pen.
- line: A black biro line on white paper describes a cityscape in simple, almost childlike language.
- ink: Was asked if I was feeling better and said yes, then my pen exploded biro ink all over my hands!
- drawing: Rough biro drawings were the very first visual response in Fragment/a.
- mark: Inside, the lining is a little grubby with some biro marks.
Browse dictionary entries near biro
- Birmingham
- Birman
- birling
- birle
- birl
- Birkenhead
- biretta
- bireme
- birefringence
- birdshot
- Birobidzhan
- birr
- birth
- birth canal
- birth certificate
- birth control
- birth defect
- birth mother
- birthday
- birthing
