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"(programming) In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->)."
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"Any pointed object."
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"(informal) Any pointed object."
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"sense": "pointed in shape",
"word": "špičatý"
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"sense": "pointed in shape",
"word": "zašpičatělý"
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"sense": "pointed in shape",
"word": "puntig"
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"sense": "pointed in shape",
"word": "terävä"
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"sense": "pointed in shape",
"word": "spiczasty"
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"sense": "pointed in shape",
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"word": "остроконечный"
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"roman": "tigma",
"sense": "pointed in shape",
"word": "तिग्म"
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"sense": "pointed in shape",
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"ref": "2013, Jennifer Byrne, The Intrepid Parent's Field Guide to the Baby Kingdom, page 154",
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