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highlighter
[ hahy-lahy-ter ]
noun
- a felt-tip pen with a wide nib for highlighting passages of printed material in a soft, transparent color.
- a cosmetic powder or cream applied to the face in places where light would naturally hit, as the cheeks, forehead, chin, and center of the nose, to create a glowing effect.
highlighter
/ ˈhaɪˌlaɪtə /
noun
- a cosmetic cream or powder applied to the face to highlight the cheekbones, eyes, etc
- a fluorescent felt-tip pen used as a marker to emphasize a section of text without obscuring it
Word History and Origins
Origin of highlighter1
Example Sentences
Red Hen adds a 20 percent gratuity to the bill — then flags it with a highlighter for transparency.
He identified one suitable hue in a derivative of the ink in pink highlighters.
Over the July 4 weekend, Audrey pored over their plea deals with a highlighter to understand what it might mean for her husband.
Rising from his seat, Derkach uncapped a highlighter and began to draw schematics on a whiteboard, an indecipherable pattern of squiggles and numbers.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Covid-19 has been a great highlighter of inequality.
She is about to get pages 196 and 197, torn from People and heavily marked with a highlighter pen, shoved under her door.
Later Hudgens and Benson wear the same highlighter-yellow two-piece.
Uncap your highlighter, however, when you see the word “Yellowstone” or “father,” or “cancer.”
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