autograph

Definition

  • noun: the signature of a famous person
  • noun: something written or made with one's own hand
  • verb: to write your signature in or on (something)
  • verb: to write with one's own hand
  • synonyms: holograph, signmanual, inscription

Examples

  • I asked her to sign my 'autograph book'. [=a book with blank pages for people to sign]

  • There were several 'autograph' seekers/hounds outside the theater.

  • We asked her to 'autograph' [='sign'] her photograph/book.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - No religion, too? - Hard to imagine. Well, it's easy if you try, Dick. Some years later, that nice young man from England was on his way home to see his little boy and was signing some autographs. For no particular reason at all, somebody shot him. They gave you The Congressional Medal of Honour. (..)
    1994 Forrest Gump