pointy end

the pointy end

1. humorous slang The front of a boat, used especially in reference to cruise ships. There's a full gym up near the pointy end, if you're feeling a little sluggish during the cruise. Let's go up to the pointy end and see if we can spot the whales breaching!
2. humorous slang The tip of a blade, especially a sword. When he first started fencing, he barely even knew where the pointy end went—now he's one of the top fencers in the country.
See also: end, pointy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pointy end

n. [of a ship] the bow. (Jocular term heard on cruise ships.) The dining room is up at the pointy end.
See also: end, pointy
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • the pointy end
  • junk
  • brassic lint
  • juice
  • juiced
  • blimp
  • blimp out
  • gun
  • guns
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"At the moment we're using a lot of these games to keep people as fresh as possible, particularly leading into the pointy end of the tournament.
"At the moment we're using a lot of these games to keep people as fresh as possible leading into the pointy end of the tournament.
Butler said: "We are on the pointy end of the season, we have done all the hard work and put ourselves into a really good position, where we want to be.
"We're starting to get down to the pointy end of the season where things become more difficult if you don't win over the next couple of weeks, but there are eight games left and they're all big," he said.
He said: "We're starting to get down to the pointy end of the season where things become more difficult if you don't win over the next two weeks - there are eight games left and they're all big.
Whilst not at the pointy end of this year's championship, the pair will apply pressure to the seven riders in pursuit of a championship podium placing.
Sometimes mistaken for a sauce tomato because of its shape, Rugby F1, when grown outside, in a plastic tunnel or a modern glass greenhouse, gives high yields of very tasty tomatoes, which just look great with their pointy end facing upwards on the market table.
Just place the eggs in their boxes on the floor, making sure all the eggs are upright with the pointy end uppermost.
"If you're right out at the pointy end of the spear, you might not want chips made in China being the foundation of your communications gear," said Richard W Linderman, deputy director for research and engineering in the office of the assistant secretary of defense.
"There's no question that Croft flatters rear-wheel drive cars, but I think you should see us back at the pointy end a bit more often."
Toff may have won over the nation with her spirit, but she wasn't the only one living the life at the pointy end of the plane.
In most cases, they are on the "pointy end of the spear," providing the very last touch point between the supply chain and the customer, and many times they are the customer.
When he teased his sister Arya: "First lesson: stick 'em with the pointy end."
Cloves should be planted just beneath the soil, with the pointy end sticking upwards to the sky.