texta

Definitions

A coloured felt-tip pen, usually wide-tipped for use by children.

Australia

Equivalents

Examples

“Here is what a wombat burrow may look⟳ like⟳. Using coloured pencils or textas, colour in the wombat burrows.”

“He pencilled a map of India onto a piece of chipboard, and then went over the outline with a texta. He went over the texta outline with a razorblade and then, with a knife, he cut⟳ away the excess chipboard.”

“2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, Melbourne University Press⟳, page 53, Minute weighing scales sat on top of desks, glass syringe kits lay⟳ idle, mug shots were pinned here and there, some with a dart in the forehead, or ′caught′ written in texta.”

CEFR level