autopen
autopen noun: a machine that automatically writes a person's signature.
Noun
autopen (plural autopens)
- A machine that automatically writes a person's signature.
- But most offices either use autopens with the boss's name or simply have a staff member sign the boss's name to the correspondence.2003, William T. Endicott, An insider's guide to political jobs in Washington, page 99
- An autopen is a machine that copies a person's signature and then reproduces it at a rate many times faster than could normally be done - some top celebrities even have several autopens with slightly altered autographs, making it even more difficult to tell which is the real thing.2021 July 1, Mike Hall, “HOW TO SPOT AUTOPEN AUTOGRAPHS”, in Just Collecting
- Synonyms:
- robo-pen
Verb
autopen (third-person singular simple present autopens, present participle autopenning, simple past and past participle autopenned)
Synonyms of autopen
Forms of autopen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | autopens |
| alternative form | auto-pen |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | autopens |
| present participle | autopenning |
| past participle | autopenned |
| past | autopenned |
Origin of autopen
From auto- + pen.
Questions about autopen
- What does autopen mean?
- Autopen means a machine that automatically writes a person's signature.
- What part of speech is autopen?
- Autopen can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of autopen?
- The plural of autopen is autopens.
Words near autopen in the dictionary
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