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pointy

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪnti/

The English word “pointy” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
  2. 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 ->).

noun

  1. Any pointed object.

Etymology

From point + -y.

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