aimpoint
noun
aimpoint is a noun meaning “The point at which a firearm is aimed, typically identified by a red dot sight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-I-M-P-O-I-N-T, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aimpoint is aimpoints.
What does aimpoint mean?
noun
- 1
The point at which a firearm is aimed, typically identified by a red dot sight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aimpoint
- aimpoints plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aimpoint?
Aimpoint appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does aimpoint come from?
From aim + point.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).