pointy

Word family  noun point pointer pointlessness adjective pointed pointy pointless verb point adverb pointlessly pointedly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++point·y /ˈpɔɪnti/ adjective informal  pointed(1) 尖的

Examples from the Corpus

pointy• I loved the pointy beard and razor-sharp eyes, the pearl earring fixed in his left lobe.• He had shoulder-length, gleaming black ringlets of hair, a pointy beard, and wore a tailcoat.• The devil riding my back dug his hard pointy heels into my flesh, but I stayed my ground.• In the Southwest, I figured that when the plants started looking too pointy I was heading into the desert.• The light seemed to stab at me with some sort of pointy object.• I was a girl who liked my mountains pointy, so I foolishly and ignorantly snubbed the Cairngorms.• He was so pointy that I feared he would leave his wooden perch and anoint my head with his beak.

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pointed(1) Corpus

pointy
point‧y /ˈpɔɪnti/ adjective informalpointed(1)

pointyBrE /ˈpɔɪnti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɔɪnti/ 🔊 adjective (informal) with a point at one end 尖的；有尖头的 SYN pointed ◆pointy ears尖耳朵◆(humorous) Don't try to argue when you find yourself at the pointy end of a knife (= when sb is threatening you with a knife). 有人用刀尖顶着你时，不要试图去争辩。🔊🔊