retractable
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɹiˈtɹæktɪbəl/, /ɹəˈtɹæktəbəl/
Adjective

retractable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Translations Noun

retractable (plural retractables)

  1. A retractable pen.
    • 1979, Douglas Adams, chapter 21, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
      Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]



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