pointy-toed

Examples

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• You can have a round toe pump, a pointy toe pump, a peak toe pump, and which is not really a pump at that point, but you know what I mean?

• I'm staring at his shoes, scuffed, pointy-toed, buff-colored western boots.

  Fiction book (1998)

• He's wearing pointy-toed boots, too.

  Fiction book (1996)

• How about the pointy-toed, sleek pump? Maybe that would be better?

  Blog text (8)

• But though we looked for an hour and found a woman's pointy-toed pump (leather uppers), there was nothing of mine.

  Fiction book (1994)

• They're from H&M and they're like a kind of pointy toe, but it's not a really harsh point, it's quite a round point, if that makes sense.

• My grandfather wore satin shirts, circus tights, and polished pointy-toed boots.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Today's shirt was coral-snake-red with pearl snaps, his black pointy-toed boots feather-stitched in the purest white.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Pointy-toed flat pumps, sandals, and smoking slippers—masculine shoes with a thin sole and a loafer-like tongue—followed for next spring.

  Blog text (27)

• The model walked down the runway in sleek pointy-toed shoes that drew everyone's attention.

Synonyms

P

pointy

vspointy-toed

71 1.0

A thing with a sharp tip

is used specifically for narrow shoe toes rather than many object tips

P

pointed-toe

vspointy-toed

1 4.2

A shoe or boot front that comes to a narrow point

is the alternative form referring to the same shoe toe shape

P

pointed

vspointy-toed

1 1.8

Ending in a small sharp tip

focuses on a narrow shoe toe rather than merely a tipped end

S

sharp-pointed

vspointy-toed

1 3.2

Having a very thin end that can prick or cut

describes a narrow shoe toe without implying a cutting sharp tip

How Pointed

pointy-toed

1 4.4

square-toed

6.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology