points
/pɔɪnts/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
British usage
noun
Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance.
name
Example Sentences
- "In my concentrated week at Stratford I found that, although as a theatregoer for decades I could not help marking what the old actors called 'points' now and again, […]"
- "The nineteenth century acting technique of making points was encouraged by the dramaturgy of the melodramas which dominated the stage. The style was in fact difficult to avoid in many popular plays."
Usage
- British usage