ink

Definition

  • noun: colored liquid that is used for writing or printing
  • noun: a colored usually liquid material for writing and printing
  • verb: to put ink on (something)
  • verb: to put ink on
  • synonyms: atrament, sepia, ballyhoo

Examples

  • Her exploits have been getting a lot of 'ink' lately. [=there have been many newspaper stories about her exploits lately]

  • The team has 'inked' [='signed'] both players to a new contract.

  • The company was 'drowning/awash in red ink'. [=deeply in debt]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) What? I'm such a mess. Oh, of course. That's what they're there for. As I was saying, that tie... reminds me of those, what do you caII it, ink bIot tests. - A Rorschach test. - Right. It sort of Iooks Iike... a young woman riding bareback. Sort of... Lady Godiva or something. (..)
    1994 The Mask