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How to pronounce “pointy”
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Pronunciation guide for pointy
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pointy with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks
and very, very pointy.
- Definition summary
- (informal) Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pointy
Why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks

and very, very pointy.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pointy”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (informal) Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
- (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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