Points

Definitions

1. Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only
2. An unincorporated community in West Virginia
3. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
4. Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“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, […]”

“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.”

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