pointer

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From point + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).

1. Anything that points or is used for pointing.

   “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; […]”

2. Anything that points or is used for pointing.
3. Anything that points or is used for pointing.
4. Anything that points or is used for pointing.

   “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.”

5. Anything that points or is used for pointing.

   “I do consider assignment statements and pointer variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures."”

6. Anything that points or is used for pointing.

   “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.”

7. A tip, a bit of advice.

   “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.”

8. Something that gives a point (sharp end) to something.

   “pencil pointer”

9. Something worth a given number of points.

   “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.”