Definitions for pointing

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pointing point·ing

Spelling: [poin-ting]

IPA: /ˈpɔɪn tɪŋ/

Pointing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in pointing (giinnopt).

Definitions for pointing

noun

1. (in masonry) mortar used as a finishing touch to brickwork.
2. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
3. a projecting part of anything:
4. a tapering extremity:
5. something having a sharp or tapering end:
6. a pointed tool or instrument, as an etching needle.
7. a stone implement with a tapering end found in some Middle and Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures and used primarily for hunting.
8. a mark made with or as if with the sharp end of something:
9. a mark of punctuation.
10. period (def 15).
11. See under decimal fraction.
12. Phonetics. a diacritic indicating a vowel or other modification of sound.
13. one of the embossed dots used in certain systems of writing and printing for the blind.
14. something that has position but not extension, as the intersection of two lines.
15. a place of which the position alone is considered; spot:
16. any definite position, as in a scale, course, etc.:
17. (in acupuncture) a particular spot on the body at which a needle may be inserted, as to relieve pain.
18. Navigation. any of 32 separate horizontal directions, 11° 15′ apart, as indicated on the card of a compass or gauged with reference to the heading of a vessel.
19. Nautical. point of sailing.
20. a degree or stage:
21. a particular instant of time:
22. a critical position in a course of affairs:
23. a decisive state of circumstances:
24. the important or essential thing:
25. the salient feature of a story, epigram, joke, etc.:
26. a particular aim, end, or purpose:
27. a hint or suggestion:
28. a single or separate article or item, as in an extended whole; a detail or particular:
29. an individual part or element of something:
30. a distinguishing mark or quality, especially one of an animal, used as a standard in stockbreeding, judging, etc.
31. points. the extremities of an animal, especially a horse or dog. Railroads, British. a switch.
32. a single unit, as in counting.
33. a unit of count in the score of a game:
34. (in craps) the number that must be thrown to win but not including 7 or 11 on the first roll:
35. Ice Hockey. either of two positions, to the right or left of the goal, to which an attacking defenseman is assigned, usually in the execution of a power play, to help keep the puck in the attacking zone.
36. Basketball. a position in the front court, usually taken by the guard in charge of setting up the team's offense.
37. Cricket. the position of the fielder who plays a short distance in front of and to the offside of the batsman. the fielder playing this position.
38. Chiefly Boxing. the end or tip (of the chin).
39. Hunting. the action of a hunting dog that indicates the presence and location of game by standing rigid and directing its head toward the game. the position taken by a hunting dog in pointing game.
40. a branch of an antler of a deer:
41. Sports. a cross-country run.
42. one of the narrow tapering spaces marked on a backgammon board.
43. Education. a single credit, usually corresponding to an hour's class work per week for one semester.
44. Electricity. Also called breaker point. either of a pair of contacts tipped with tungsten or platinum that make or break current flow in a distributor, as in an automobile. British. an outlet or socket.
45. Commerce. a unit of price quotation, as in the U.S., one dollar in stock transactions, one hundredth of a cent in cotton and coffee, or one cent in oil, grain, pork, etc.: (especially in motion pictures) a percentage point, usually of the gross profits, granted to someone who agrees to invest or otherwise participate in a business project:
46. one percent of the face value of a loan, especially a mortgage loan, added on as a placement fee or a service charge and paid in advance or upon closing of the loan.
47. Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 1/100 (.01) of a carat.
48. Military. a patrol or reconnaissance unit that goes ahead of the advance party of an advance guard, or follows the rear party of the rear guard. the stroke in bayonet drill or combat.
49. Printing. a unit of type measurement in the U.S. and U.K. equal to 1/72 inch, or 1/12 pica. Compare Didot point system. Also called press-point. (in a press) one of several metal prongs for perforating the sheet so that it will be in register when the reverse is printed.
50. a unit of measure of paper or card thickness, equal to 0.001 inch.
51. vaccine point.
52. point lace.
53. any lace made by hand.
54. Heraldry. one of the pendent parts of a label.
55. Railroads. the vertex of the angle formed at a frog by two rails; the intersection of gauge lines in a switch or frog. British. a tapering movable rail, as in a railroad switch.
56. (in the game of go) any place where lines intersect or meet.
57. act of pointing.
58. Archaic. a tagged ribbon or cord, formerly much used in dress, as for tying or fastening parts.
59. Obsolete. an end or conclusion.
60. Obsolete. a pointed weapon, as a dagger.
61. Obsolete. condition.

Idioms

1. at / on / upon the point of, on the verge of; close to:
2. at this point in time, now; at this precise moment in history:
3. in point, that is pertinent; applicable:
4. in point of, as regards; in reference to:
5. make a point of, to regard as important; insist upon:
6. make points with, Informal. to curry favor with: Also, make Brownie points with.
7. strain / stretch a point, to depart from the usual procedure or rule because of special circumstances; make a concession or exception:
8. to the point, pertinent; fitting:

verb (used with object)

1. to direct (the finger, a weapon, the attention, etc.) at, to, or upon something.
2. to indicate the presence or position of (usually followed by out):
3. to direct attention to (usually followed by out):
4. to furnish with a point or points; sharpen:
5. to mark with one or more points, dots, or the like.
6. Sculpture. to transfer measurements of depth from a clay, wax, or plaster model to (a block of stone) by means of an apparatus that drills holes to the required depth prior to carving.
7. to punctuate, as writing.
8. Phonetics. to mark (letters) with points.
9. to separate (figures) by dots or points (usually followed by off).
10. to give greater or added force to (often followed by up):
11. Hunting. (of a hunting dog) to indicate the presence and location of (game) by standing rigid and facing toward the game.
12. Masonry. to fill the joints of (brickwork, stonework, etc.) with mortar or cement treated in various ways with tools after application. to dress the surface of (a stone) with a pointed tool.
13. to dress (a stone) with a point.
14. Metalworking. to narrow the end of (a rod) for passing through the dies of a drawbench. to narrow the end of (a tube) over the head of a pin that is gripped to pull the tube through the dies of a drawbench.

verb (used without object)

1. to indicate position or direction, as with the finger.
2. to direct the mind or thought in some direction; call attention to:
3. to aim.
4. to have a tendency toward something:
5. to have a specified direction:
6. to face in a particular direction, as a building.
7. Hunting. (of a hunting dog) to point game.
8. Nautical. to sail close to the wind.
9. (of an abscess) to come to a head.

Origin of pointing

First recorded in 1835-45; point + -ing¹

Examples for pointing

Suddenly, the mouth of a pistol was pointing straight at the lieutenant's head.

“That was his idea,” says Banks, pointing across the room to Kwatinetz.

They stood for a while talking together, Levi pointing now and then toward the mill.

Maybe he was just pointing out that many police feel that way.

Others agree, pointing out that the 2014 is not as dark a year as it may seem.

"Look at that dog-fish," said Vavasor, pointing to the largest in the tank.

Some 20 people are there when I visit, including a father with his young son, pointing to photographs of movie stars on the walls.

But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.

"You can sleep there," he said, pointing to a cot bed in the corner of the room.

"There," said I, spreading the speller flat on the table and pointing with my finger.