Meanings
points1
- pluralplural of point
- CommonwealthIrelandUKpluralplural onlyrail transportMovable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
Synonyms: switch
- pluralplural onlyentertainmentExaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance.
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, […]
1977, Drama: The quarterly theatre review, numbers 124-131, page 161 more example
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.
2014, Amy Lehman, Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance, page 21
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of point
Points2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMovable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
Translations
Arabic مَفْصِل, مِفْتَاح
- مَفْصِل (mafṣil)movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
- مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ)movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Czech výhybka
- výhybkamovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Danish sporskifte, skiftespor
- sporskiftemovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
- skiftespormovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Dutch wissel
- wisselmovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Finnish vaihde
- vaihdemovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
French aiguille
- aiguillemovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
German Weiche
- Weichemovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Hebrew מָסוֹט, מִפְלַג
- מָסוֹט (masót)movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
- מִפְלַג (miflág)movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Icelandic skiptispor
- skiptispormovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Italian scambio, deviatoio
- scambiomovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
- deviatoiomovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Norwegian Bokmål sporveksel, pens
- sporvekselmovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
- pensmovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Polish rozjazd
- rozjazdmovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Romanian macaz
- macazmovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Russian стре́лка
- стре́лка (strélka)movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Slovak výhybka
- výhybkamovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Spanish chucho, suiche
- chuchomovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
- suichemovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Turkish makas
- makasmovable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
Ukrainian стрі́лка
- стрі́лка (strílka)movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another
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Cite this entry
points. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/points
“points.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/points. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “points,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/points.
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