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pointer (s) (noun), pointers (pl)
1. An object that calls attention to something: The pointer or rod the teacher used was directed at the first word on the blackboard.
2. One of a breed of English muscular dogs: The pointer that the hunter had was agile and had short and smooth hair that was white with black patches on it.
3. A long slender piece of metal on a dial or scale that moves to indicate a certain position: The pointer, or hand, on the wall clock showed that it was twenty minutes past nine.
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