pointer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From point + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).
Base: point
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: pointers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Anything that points or is used for pointing.
pos: noun
examples: The talkers and pointers had undermined him. They had touched him with the acid of their suspicions, and the corrosion spread until he himself had lost sight of the truth.
The man he addressed drew back in horror, but answered the musketeer’s words by pointing his finger. Athos offered the man a half pistole to accompany him, but the man refused. Athos went down the street that the pointer had indicated to him with his finger; […]
“Hey,” the finger pointer said, re-pointing his finger at Joe, “are you a joke or what?” / “I don't think I'm a joke.” / “Well I think you're a joke.” He dropped his hand and then lifted it again and pointed his finger at Joe's chest.
One man pointed his finger at another, nearly poking the tip of it into the man’s chest. I sidled closer and heard the pointer accuse the other man of cheating.
gloss: Anything that points or is used for pointing.
pos: noun
gloss: Anything that points or is used for pointing.
pos: noun
gloss: Anything that points or is used for pointing.
pos: noun
examples: Most of the early wirehaired pointers represented a combination of Griffon, Stichelhaar, Pudelpointer, and German Shorthair. The Pudelpointer was a cross between a Poodle dog and an English Pointer bitch; the Griffon and the Stichelhaar were composed of Pointer, Foxhound, Pudelpointer, and a Polish water dog.
gloss: Anything that points or is used for pointing.
pos: noun
examples: I do consider assignment statements and pointer variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures."
gloss: Anything that points or is used for pointing.
pos: noun
examples: The system notifies the user of the progress of a task by changing the appearance of the pointer. System-busy pointers usually adopt a timepiece metaphor.
gloss: A tip, a bit of advice.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
In a paper to the Institute of Locomotive Engineers on February 17 which ranged over the whole subject of auxiliary services on London Transport rolling stock, Mr. R. I. D. Arthurton, Mechanical Engineer (Development—Railways) London Transport Board, gave some pointers to the future on the Victoria Line and elsewhere.
gloss: Something that gives a point (sharp end) to something.
pos: noun
examples: pencil pointer
gloss: Something worth a given number of points.
pos: noun
examples: a ten-pointer
After another penalty miss, Kvirikashvili finally found the target on 27 minutes before Flood hit back with a three-pointer of his own.
Related words: dereference
address
Derived words: back pointer
downpointer
Faraday pointer
finger-pointer
five-pointer
Hungarian Pointer
laser pointer
mouse pointer
nonpointer
parent pointer tree
pointer finger
pointerless
pointerlike
point-to-pointer
shared pointer
six-pointer
six pointer
smart pointer
station pointer
telepointer
three-pointer
white pointer
wild pointer
Translations:
lang: Bashkir
word: күрһәткес
roman: kürhətkes
lang: Belarusian
word: ука́зка
roman: ukázka
lang: Bulgarian
word: показа́лка
roman: pokazálka
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 教鞭
roman: jiàobiān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 指示棍
roman: zhǐshìgùn
lang: Finnish
word: osoitin
lang: French
word: aiguille
lang: French
word: baguette
lang: German
word: Zeigestock
lang: German
word: Zeigestab
lang: Hungarian
word: mutató
lang: Italian
word: bacchetta
lang: Japanese
word: 文字さし
roman: mojisashi
lang: Japanese
word: 教鞭
roman: kyōben
lang: Japanese
word: 指し棒
roman: sashibō
lang: Korean
word: 지시봉
roman: jisibong
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: nîşanderk
lang: Malay
word: penuding
lang: Polish
word: wskaźnik
lang: Portuguese
word: ponteiro
lang: Russian
word: ука́зка
roman: ukázka
lang: Russian
word: указа́тель
roman: ukazátelʹ
lang: Spanish
word: puntero
lang: Thai
word: ไม้ชี้
lang: Ukrainian
word: ука́зка
roman: ukázka
lang: Vietnamese
word: que chỉ