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• What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?From the entry chin
• She could see something pointy—a high-heeled shoe, probably—pressing against the leather of her Gola holdall.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279. From the entry holdall
• I'mma make a chastity belt out of a robotic shark with big pointy teefies.2022 October 1, @MLovesDemocracy, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2023. From the entry bozack
• You might see the oddity of a “witch window” sideways by the peak of the pointy roof.2021 June 13, Jenay Zapparelli, The Book of Beautiful Feelings: Thee Quintessential Guide to Deliberate Creation, BookonFire Press, →ISBN…. From the entry witch window
• We’ve entered a spectacularly critical, witch hunty, finger pointy episode in the history of humanity.2015, Polly Vernon, “Feminist Fatigue, Fit Shame and FOGIW”, in Hot Feminist: Modern Feminism with Style without Judgement, London: Hodder…. From the entry finger pointy
• And didn't that pointy star point them king-fellas in the direction of Mary's cowstable.2012, Honor Molloy, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, Boston, M.A.: Gemma, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry folly
• Description: pointy ears, bushy tails and a sweet tooth for poodle and cat.2007 May 30, Joey Bunch, “Suburban pet peeve: coyotes”, in The Denver Post. From the entry sweet tooth
• Goblin sharks have a long, flat, pointy snout and their jaws protrude when they are eating.2007, Kimm Bellotto, Katie Kubesh, Niki McNeil, Sharks, page 8. From the entry goblin shark
• The tool to do this is a nail set, which is essentially a pointy steel rod.2007, David Thiel, I Can Do That! Woodworking Projects. From the entry nail set
• The other one was Creole-looking, a light-skinned black guy with pointy cheekbones and nappy hair.1987, Elmore Leonard, Bandits, page 56. From the entry light-skinned
• Last, but not least: Keep the pointy end forward, the dirty side down and dangle the dunlops.1984, Approach, volume 30, number 5. From the entry dangle the Dunlops
• She can come across a little dismissive and finger pointy.2022, Tammy Watchorn, “Characters”, in The Change Ninja Handbook: An Interactive Adventure for Leading Change, [Northwich, Cheshire]…. From the entry finger pointy
• Fukuyama is short with large ears and a wide, eggish forehead which tapers down to a tight, pointy chin.2020 October 26, Brent Crane, “Woodworking with Francis Fukuyama”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry eggish
• They were getting to the pointy end of the season, only a couple of months until the finals.2019, Jacquie Underdown, Meet Me in the Middle (Wattle Valley, #2), HarperCollins Australia, →ISBN. From the entry pointy end
• "The other girls was all lacy-like, with high heels; I had steppers, low heels like men's spectator shoes, and pointy toes.2005, Michele McKnight Baker, Sandpaper Sisters, FaithWalk Publishing, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry stepper
• It would be a surprise if this wasn't a key focus for all clubs in the 'Big Dance' at the pointy end of the year.2018, Sam Mitchell, Relentless, Macmillan Publishers Aus., →ISBN. From the entry pointy end
• Howandever, at the selfsame time, there was a gang of fellas from the valley of kings follying the very same pointy star.2012, Honor Molloy, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, Boston, M.A.: Gemma, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry folly
• Breasticles are entirely new to this game; one day I was happily flat chested and the next day I had these pointy things.2006, Amber Deckers, Ella Mental: And the Good Sense Guide, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 39–40. From the entry breasticle
• This notion of how “pointy something is,” expressed as the ratio of angle turned to distance traveled, is the intrinsic quantity that mathematicians call curvature.1980, Harold Abelson, Andrea DiSessa, Turtle Geometry : The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT…. From the entry curvature
• Americans prefer 'pointy,' light- flavored, high-grown teas from Dimbula or Nuwara Eliya; the English like 'thick' teas, with more body, from Uva," he explained.1966, National Geographic - Volume 129, page 471. From the entry thick tea
• His shoulders were so misshapen they almost met over his sunken chest and they were topped by a pointy egghead, bald but for a few short sproutings of hair.2015, Christopher Rush, Penelope's Web. From the entry egghead
• They are used in jarping competitions, in which each child holds an egg pointy end up and tries to crack their opponent's egg with one jarp, without breaking their own.2017, Linda Tubby, “Flower-power Paste Eggs”, in Cracked: Creative and Easy Ways to Cook with Eggs, London: Kyle Books, →ISBN. From the entry jarp

Meaning of pointy

1. adjective Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
2. adjective 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 ->).
3. noun Any pointed object.

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How do you use pointy in a sentence?

Pointy is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?”

What is a short sentence with pointy?

“a pointy sub; a pointy block”

What does pointy mean?

Pointy means pointed in shape; having a point or points.