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pointy

[ poin-tee ]

adjective

, point·i·er, point·i·est.
  1. having a comparatively sharp point:

    The elf had pointy little ears.



pointy

/ ˈpɔɪntɪ /

adjective

  1. having a sharp point or points; pointed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pointy1

First recorded in 1635–45; point + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Ah, the bull terrier — a breed Teichner describes as “funny looking” in appearance, with “egg-shaped heads, slitty eyes and pointy ears,” and in temperament “opinionated, exuberant, stubborn, extremely silly, and loving.”

Ground meat feels gristly, herbs have pointy stems, and entirely too many types of ice cream come with bits.

From Eater

Sound-isolating shellThe Monoprice Microphone Isolation shield is lined with pointy foam insulation that doesn’t reflect sound waves back as you talk.

Tall and heavy with a long, pointy beard and a penchant for Coke by the liter.

From Ozy

They tested these products with mechanisms meant to simulate bears’ teeth and claws, attempting to exert similar force by dropping a weighted penetrometer mechanism—what Gravatt describes as a “pointy metal object”—onto them to mimic bites.

The other thing was, he said, ‘I want you to have pointy teeth.’

Nuclear missiles are placed in launch silos…     A. Pointy end up.

They are pointy, zebra-striped Nike Cole Haans with silver buckles strapped onto her two shiny titanium carbon fiber legs.

They wore pointy metallic pumps with slender straps cutting across the top of the foot.

Wide-legged black pants and dark, pointy low heels peeked out from under the hem of her floor-length coat.

They're pointy trees--junipers, I think and there are a lot of rocks in the fields, and wild-flowers.

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