EGAVE

pointy

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  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 ->).
    a pointy sub; a pointy block
  3. noun Any pointed object.

Similar words

pointed sharp narrow specialized sharp-pointed piled sharpened poignant fitchy pointlike

Often followed by

ears nose end teeth shoes chin little and hat

Word family

pointier pointiest

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