ALL meanings of pointing
point·ing
P p - noun pointing a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger. 1
- noun pointing a projecting part of anything: A point of land juts into the bay. 1
- noun pointing a tapering extremity: the points of the fingers. 1
- noun pointing something having a sharp or tapering end: a pen point. 1
- noun pointing a pointed tool or instrument, as an etching needle. 1
- noun pointing a stone implement with a tapering end found in some Middle and Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures and used primarily for hunting. 1
- noun pointing a mark made with or as if with the sharp end of something: Her sharp heels left points in the carpet. 1
- noun pointing a mark of punctuation. 1
- noun pointing period (def 15). 1
- noun pointing See under decimal fraction. 1
- noun pointing Phonetics. a diacritic indicating a vowel or other modification of sound. 1
- noun pointing one of the embossed dots used in certain systems of writing and printing for the blind. 1
- noun pointing something that has position but not extension, as the intersection of two lines. 1
- noun pointing a place of which the position alone is considered; spot: We're leaving for Chicago and points west. 1
- noun pointing any definite position, as in a scale, course, etc.: the boiling point. 1
- noun pointing (in acupuncture) a particular spot on the body at which a needle may be inserted, as to relieve pain. 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing Nautical. point of sailing. 1
- noun pointing a degree or stage: frankness to the point of insult. 1
- noun pointing a particular instant of time: It was at that point that I told him he'd said enough. 1
- noun pointing a critical position in a course of affairs: Morale had reached a low point. 1
- noun pointing a decisive state of circumstances: He reached the point where he could no longer pay his debts. 1
- noun pointing the important or essential thing: the point of the matter. 1
- noun pointing the salient feature of a story, epigram, joke, etc.: to miss the point. 1
- noun pointing a particular aim, end, or purpose: He carried his point. 1
- noun pointing a hint or suggestion: points on getting a job. 1
- noun pointing a single or separate article or item, as in an extended whole; a detail or particular: the fine points of a contract. 1
- noun pointing an individual part or element of something: noble points in her character. 1
- noun pointing a distinguishing mark or quality, especially one of an animal, used as a standard in stockbreeding, judging, etc. 1
- noun pointing points. the extremities of an animal, especially a horse or dog. Railroads, British. a switch. 1
- noun pointing a single unit, as in counting. 1
- noun pointing a unit of count in the score of a game: Our team won by five points. 1
- noun pointing (in craps) the number that must be thrown to win but not including 7 or 11 on the first roll: Your point is 4. 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing Basketball. a position in the front court, usually taken by the guard in charge of setting up the team's offense. 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing Chiefly Boxing. the end or tip (of the chin). 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing a branch of an antler of a deer: an eight-point buck. 1
- noun pointing Sports. a cross-country run. 1
- noun pointing one of the narrow tapering spaces marked on a backgammon board. 1
- noun pointing Education. a single credit, usually corresponding to an hour's class work per week for one semester. 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing 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.: The price of stock went up two points today. (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: The star of the movie received a million dollar guarantee and five points. 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 1/100 (.01) of a carat. 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing 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. 1
- noun pointing a unit of measure of paper or card thickness, equal to 0.001 inch. 1
- noun pointing vaccine point. 1