Noun

(en noun)

The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.

* , chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}

Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}

Noun

(en noun)

Anything that points or is used for pointing.

A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.

A breed of hunting dog.

(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.

(computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.

A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)

The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.

(in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.

a ten-pointer

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After another penalty miss, Kvirikashvili finally found the target on 27 minutes before Flood hit back with a three-pointer of his own.}}