pointing

== English == === Etymology === From point + -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (UK) /ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ IPA(key): (General American) /ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/, (in fast speech) /ˈpɔɪnɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɔɪntɪŋ Hyphenation: point‧ing === Noun === pointing (countable and uncountable, plural pointings) The action of the verb to point. The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar. (usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. (art) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model. (music, Anglicanism) In Anglican chant: (uncountable) The practice of placing metrical marks in a text (typically a psalm), which indicate the syllables on which the chant should progress to the next note, as well as features such as pauses. (countable) A particular arrangement of such marks within a given text. Synonym of nikud. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pointing present participle and gerund of point ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “pointing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “pointing”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “pointing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === opting in, pitoning