pointe
Americannoun
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the tip of the toe.
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a position on the extreme tips of the toes.
idioms
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pointe
1820–30; < French: pointe ( du pied ) “tiptoe,” literally, “extremity of the foot”
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At 77, Yoko Morishita is still en pointe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The women’s legs and pointe work flash during solo moments and intermix with the moves of their male counterparts during intricate duets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Finally, as adults, they were getting the chance to wear the beautiful costume, don the pointe shoes and take center stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
I want her to read about Ingrid Silva, the Brazilian ballerina from the Dance Theater of Harlem, who, pregnant and in pointe shoes, graced the cover of Vogue Brazil in 2020.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2024
So Hattie can practice pointe exercises and barre stretches at home, any time she wants to.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Boone scored eight pointes early in the second half as the Cowboys put together a 10-3 run to build a 14-point lead, 50-36 with 10:32 remaining.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Johnson may be old, slow and worn down, but he is never sur les pointes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2011
Their ten-month-old daughter Maria, Youskevitch says, "stays on her pointes very good."
From Time Magazine Archive
She swirled in flamencos, glided through a waltz, and in the purple breeches of a matador climaxed a gymnastic bullfight on pointes as delicately as a Russian ballerina.
From Time Magazine Archive
The triangle is A.B.C, whose sides I do part into .ij. equall partes, eche by it selfe in these pointes D.E.F, puttyng F. betwene A.B, and D. betwene B.C, and E. betwene A.C.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert
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