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pointy

/ˈpɔɪnti/

pointy adjective: pointed in shape; having a point or points.

Adjective

pointy (comparative pointier, superlative pointiest)

  1. (informal) Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
  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

Noun

pointy (plural pointies)

  1. (informal) Any pointed object.
    • 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.2012, Lou Rain, Family Effects, page 298
    • Plus, it's likely she will bite you the first few times you try messing with her mouth, so why not get those bites out of the way before the sharp pointies come in?2013, Jennifer Byrne, The Intrepid Parent's Field Guide to the Baby Kingdom, page 154

pointy meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Sanskrit

pointy in Hindi

pointy, pointed, sharp
नुकीला nukīlā

pointy in Malayalam

പോയിൻ്റി

pointy in Gujarati

પોઇન્ટી, પોઇંટી

pointy in Sanskrit

pointed in shape
तिग्म tigma
More languagesFewer languages
pointy in Arabic
مُدَبَّب mudabbab

Examples of pointy in a sentence

  • What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?
  • She could see something pointy—a high-heeled shoe, probably—pressing against the leather of her Gola holdall.
  • I'mma make a chastity belt out of a robotic shark with big pointy teefies.

All 24 example sentences with pointy

Forms of pointy

Adjective
comparativepointier
superlativepointiest
Noun
pluralpointies

Origin of pointy

From point + -y.

Words formed from pointy

Phrases with pointy

Questions about pointy

What does pointy mean?
Pointy means pointed in shape; having a point or points.
What is pointy in Hindi?
Pointy in Hindi is नुकीला (nukīlā). See Pointy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pointy?
Pointy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce pointy?
Pointy is pronounced /ˈpɔɪnti/.

Words near pointy in the dictionary

  1. pointvetch
  2. pointvetches
  3. pointwise
  4. pointwisely
  5. pointwork
  6. pointy
  7. pointy bracket
  8. pointy brackets
  9. pointy end
  10. pointy ends
  11. pointy head

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pointy (page history and authors); नुकीला (Hindi) (page history and authors); pointy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pointy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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