pinpointer

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noun

One who or that which pinpoints.

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Meanings

nounpinpointer (plural pinpointers)

plural pinpointers

  1. One who or that which pinpoints.
  2. A type of hand-held metal detector.

    Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.

    [2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From pinpoint + -er.

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APA

pinpointer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinpointer

MLA

“pinpointer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinpointer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinpointer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinpointer.

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