ALL meanings of needle
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N n - noun needle Also called needle beam. Building Trades. a short beam passed through a wall as a temporary support. 1
- verb with object needle to sew or pierce with or as if with a needle: to needle a patch on a sleeve. 1
- verb with object needle Informal. to prod or goad (someone) to a specified action: We needled her into going with us. to tease: We needled him about his big ears. 1
- verb with object needle Slang. to add alcohol or ether to (a beverage): to needle beer. 1
- noun needle sewing needle 1
- verb without object needle to form needles in crystallization. 1
- noun needle hypodermic needle 1
- verb without object needle to work with a needle. 1
- noun needle pine needle 1
- idioms needle on the needle, Slang. taking drugs by injection, especially habitually. 1
- noun needle stylus of a record player 1
- idioms needle the needle, Informal. irritating abuse; teasing; heckling (used especially in the phrases give someone the needle and get the needle). 1
- noun needle surgical instrument 1
- noun needle pointer on a compass, dial, etc. 1
- transitive verb needle criticize, nag sb 1
- transitive verb needle tease, taunt sb 1
- noun needle knitting needle 1
- noun needle shell point 1
- noun needle for etching 1
- noun needle slender construction 1
- noun needle A very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing. 1
- noun needle a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing. 1
- noun needle any of various similar, usually considerably larger, implements for making stitches, as one for use in knitting or one hooked at the end for use in crocheting. 1
- noun needle Medicine/Medical. a slender, pointed, steel instrument used in sewing or piercing tissues, as in suturing. hypodermic needle. 1
- noun needle Informal. an injection of a drug or medicine; shot. 1
- noun needle any of various objects resembling or suggesting a needle. 1
- noun needle the tapered stylus at the end of a phonographic tonearm, used to transmit vibrations from a record groove to a transducer for conversion to audible signals. 1
- noun needle Electricity. magnetic needle. 1
- noun needle a pointed instrument, or stylus, used in engraving, etching, or the like. 1
- noun needle Botany. a needle-shaped leaf, as of a conifer: a pine needle. 1
- noun needle Zoology. a slender sharp spicule. 1
- noun needle Chemistry, Mineralogy. a needlelike crystal. 1
- noun needle a sharp-pointed mass or pinnacle of rock. 1
- noun needle an obelisk or a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone: Cleopatra's Needle. 1
- countable noun needle A needle is a small, very thin piece of polished metal which is used for sewing. It has a sharp point at one end and a hole in the other for a thread to go through. 0
- countable noun needle Knitting needles are thin sticks that are used for knitting. They are usually made of plastic or metal and have a point at one end. 0
- countable noun needle A needle is a thin hollow metal rod with a sharp point, which is part of a medical instrument called a syringe. It is used to put a drug into someone's body, or to take blood out. 0
- countable noun needle A needle is a thin metal rod with a point which is put into a patient's body during acupuncture. 0
- countable noun needle On a record player, the needle is the small pointed device that touches the record and picks up the sound signals. 0
- countable noun needle On an instrument which measures something such as speed or weight, the needle is the long strip of metal or plastic on the dial that moves backwards and forwards, showing the measurement. 0
- countable noun needle The needles of a fir or pine tree are its thin, hard, pointed leaves. 0
- verb needle If someone needles you, they annoy you continually, especially by criticizing you. 0
- noun needle a pointed slender piece of metal, usually steel, with a hole or eye in it through which thread is passed for sewing 0
- noun needle a somewhat larger rod with a point at one or each end, used in knitting 0
- noun needle a similar instrument with a hook at one end for crocheting 0
- noun needle a small thin pointed device, esp one made of stainless steel, used to transmit the vibrations from a gramophone record to the pick-up 0
- noun needle the long hollow pointed part of a hypodermic syringe, which is inserted into the body 0
- noun needle a pointed steel instrument, often curved, for suturing, puncturing, or ligating 0
- noun needle a long narrow stiff leaf, esp of a conifer, in which water loss is greatly reduced 0
- noun needle any slender sharp spine, such as the spine of a sea urchin 0