rollerball

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noun

A kind of ballpoint pen with a spherical nib that uses water-based liquid or gelled ink.

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Meanings

nounrollerball (plural rollerballs)

plural rollerballs

  1. A kind of ballpoint pen with a spherical nib that uses water-based liquid or gelled ink.

    The office is full of rumpled clothes and bad haircuts; it’s an operation at which rollerball pens fall outside the budget limit (Bics for everyone!)

    2009 August 30, Laurie Winer, “Keeping Score”, in New York Times
  2. computingA trackball.

Origin

From roller + ball.

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Translations

Polish pióro kulkowe
  • pióro kulkowepen
Cite this entry
APA

rollerball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rollerball

MLA

“rollerball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rollerball. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rollerball,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rollerball.

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