pointies
Objects with tips
Pointies is informal or playful for things that are pointed—ears, shoes, teeth, or other objects with sharp tips.
Cat owners might refer to their pet's ears as pointies; fantasy fans use it for elves' distinctive ears: Look at those adorable pointies.
The word has a childlike or affectionate quality.
Tapered piercing extremities
- spikesSharp metal protrusions
- thornsSharp plant projections
- needlesSlender pointed instruments
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
tacks · prongs · tips · barbs · darts · arrows · icicles · stalagmites
Apt to cause harm
- ouchyChildish pain exclamation
- stabbyInclined to poke violently
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- pokeySlang term for prison
jagged · hazardous · childproof · warning · careful · watch out · handle · edges
Thin, high-heeled shoes
- heelsRaised shoe bottoms
- pumpsLaceless dress shoes
- kitten heelsShort, slim shoe heels
- toeFoot's small digit
court shoes · slingbacks · spike heels · pinch · arch · instep · ball · sole
sharp ends
Tapered piercing extremities
pins · tacks · prongs · tips · barbs · darts · arrows · icicles · stalagmites · finials
dangerous
Apt to cause harm
pokey · jagged · hazardous · childproof · warning · careful · watch out · handle · edges · blades
stilettos
Thin, high-heeled shoes
- heelsRaised shoe bottoms
- pumpsLaceless dress shoes
- kitten heelsShort, slim shoe heels
toe · court shoes · slingbacks · spike heels · pinch · arch · instep · ball · sole · designer
Spock
Logical alien or pediatrician
- VulcanRoman forge god
- cosplayDressing as media characters
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
fantasy · fae · goblin · pixie · Legolas · LARP · costume · otherworldly · mythical · Halloween
- pointing outCalling attention to
- pointing fingerExtended digit indicating direction
- pointing upDirected vertically higher
- pointing handFinger extended toward something