(firearms) A bullet with a small hole drilled or molded in the tip, designed to expand when it hits its target and therefore cause more damage.

(of a bullet) having an exposed lead point, designed to expand when it hits its target and therefore cause more damage.

(firearms) A bullet with such a tip.

(idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.

(idiomatic) right now, or in the near and foreseeable future

An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.

plural of brownie point

(idiomatic, slang, originally US, chiefly in the plural) Credit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.

(usually in the plural, Britain) Point awarded to a member of the house of a grammar school or public school for sporting and other achievement.

Alternative form of drypoint