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Meaning pointer meaning

What does pointer mean?

pointer

— noun a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game — noun an indicator as on a dial — noun (= arrow) a mark to indicate a direction or relation — noun (= cursor) (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions

Synonyms pointer synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pointer?

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indicator hand index needle guide arrow gauge cursor compass needle Spanish pointer sign index finger hound forefinger viewer trigger finger tip telltale teacher symbol suggestion sleuthhound signal sighting marker scope ruler rule reporter rear finder pointer finger pointer arm point one who points walls notice monitor marker mark lickpot indicator scale indicating unit indicating gage indicated meter indicated device indexer index mark hint harrier guideline greyhound glass runner

Pointer English » English

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Examples pointer examples

How do I use pointer in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The Russian goalkeeper was struck by a laser pointer.

Our pointer took off after a big deer.

The compass pointer always seeks north.

It's illegal to shine a laser pointer at an airplane.

Movie subtitles

You right over here by the pointer. You right there.

Execution is set to take place when the pointer reaches the star.

Pick up the pointer again.

Just an astral pointer and some string, eh?

Your pointer, sir.

This little lapdog was also a pointer.

Aye. Yon's a twelve pointer.

I know a police captain, a West Pointer. a couple of fighter pilots.

Now you just run the pointer, all right?

Well, zip that little pointer right on down to the letter G.

Maybe the Pointer Sisters live here or something.

Pointer?

Pointer!

Pointer.

You, right over here by the pointer.

A West Pointer.

Yes, but it's a pointer.

It wasn't Kiki, it was the Jouais' pointer.

The Jouais' pointer is quite a dog.

Dig the Pointer Sisters and Daddy Rich, Mister Richard Pryor.

I mean, like, he looks like, he could hypnotize you like a cobra or something, you know. And the next thing, you're out on the Boulevard and you're dressed like the Pointer Sisters.

Now, George, the president wants you on his staff. Not just because you're a West Pointer.

Maybe the Pointer Sisters live here.

I was a stupid, bumbling pointer.

Where is my pointer?

You right over here by the pointer.

He's a married man. A West Pointer.

Thus it was the hydrangeas that gave the first pointer in another modern discovery of horticultural importance.

Execution is said to take place when the pointer reaches the star.

Here's a pointer. Try taking it in the shoulder.

Just giving my young friend here a little pointer.

What do you say we take the Pointer out for a late-night spin?

Nah, the Pointer.

You are worse than my best pointer.

News and current affairs

There's a chance that it would be perceived as a pointer to this asymmetry.

The second pointer is that foreign affairs, though rarely a major factor in any country's national elections, can contribute to a general sense of unease about political leadership.

The final pointer of the UK election may partly reflect the vacuum in national leadership that such silence epitomizes.

It was given to me, in the bowels of the Pentagon, by a man with a white dust jacket and a pointer who looked uncannily like Woody Allen.

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