Definitions for pointer

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pointer point·er

Spelling: [poin-ter]

IPA: /ˈpɔɪn tər/

Pointer is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in pointer (einoprt).

Definitions for pointer

noun

1. a person or thing that points.
2. a long, tapering stick used by teachers, lecturers, etc., in pointing things out on a map, blackboard, or the like.
3. the hand on a watch dial, clock face, scale, etc.
4. Military. the member of an artillery crew who aims the weapon.
5. one of a breed of short-haired hunting dogs trained to point game.
6. a piece of advice, especially on how to succeed in a specific area:
7. Computers. an identifier giving the location in storage of something of interest, as a data item, table, or subroutine. cursor (def 1).
8. Pointers, Astronomy. the two outer stars of the Big Dipper that lie on a line that passes very near Polaris and are used for finding it.

Origin of pointer

First recorded in 1490-1500; point + -er¹

Examples for pointer

When Tony takes over Danny's body, his voice begins to croak and he shakes his pointer finger for emphasis.

With the pointer in his hand he touched the star at the apex of the fir.

In each figure the pointer is over one of the red lines on the scale.

In this case the indication of the pointer must be divided by ten.

In Europe, pointer is stocked in stores with names like Americana and Yankee Doodle.

Cowper ran in and out among the plunder, like a pointer in a turnip field.

pointer, founded in Bristol, Tennessee, by Landon Clayton King, was never intended to draw fashionable chatter.

pointer Brand, a 100-year-old American farmwear staple, has recently become popular among international trendsetting men.

Turn him belly-up and stroke him to sleep with your pointer finger.

The angle of the pointer, or style, must be changed for each latitude.