Usually means: Sharp or tapered at end.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word pointy:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. pointy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pointy: Merriam-Webster
  3. pointy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pointy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pointy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Pointy, pointy: Wordnik
  7. pointy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pointy: Wiktionary
  9. pointy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pointy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pointy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pointy: Dictionary.com
  13. pointy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Pointy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. pointy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. POINTY: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. p.o.i.n.t.y, pointy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pointier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  (informal) Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
adjective:  (programming) 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:  (informal) Any pointed object.

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