Pointy

//ˈpɔɪnti// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
Any pointed object. informal
"Even though Skylar has never had a seizure to my knowledge since the incident in school, she still sees the things she likes to call pointies, just not as many as before, since she started taking the valproic acid, but still there's a few."

Adjective

1
Pointed in shape; having a point or points. informal
2
In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->).
"a pointy sub; a pointy block"

Synonyms

Example

"The sea urchin was too pointy to pick up."

Etymology

From point + -y.

Related phrases

finger-pointy pointy bracket pointy end pointy head

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