points

noun[plural only]2

1. •
   (UK, Commonwealth) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
2. •
   Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance.

   • 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, […] — 1977