ALL meanings of needlelike
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N n - noun needlelike 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 needlelike 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 needlelike Medicine/Medical. a slender, pointed, steel instrument used in sewing or piercing tissues, as in suturing. hypodermic needle. 1
- noun needlelike Informal. an injection of a drug or medicine; shot. 1
- noun needlelike any of various objects resembling or suggesting a needle. 1
- noun needlelike 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 needlelike Electricity. magnetic needle. 1
- noun needlelike a pointed instrument, or stylus, used in engraving, etching, or the like. 1
- noun needlelike Botany. a needle-shaped leaf, as of a conifer: a pine needle. 1
- noun needlelike Zoology. a slender sharp spicule. 1
- noun needlelike Chemistry, Mineralogy. a needlelike crystal. 1
- noun needlelike a sharp-pointed mass or pinnacle of rock. 1
- noun needlelike an obelisk or a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone: Cleopatra's Needle. 1
- noun needlelike Also called needle beam. Building Trades. a short beam passed through a wall as a temporary support. 1
- verb with object needlelike to sew or pierce with or as if with a needle: to needle a patch on a sleeve. 1
- verb with object needlelike 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 needlelike Slang. to add alcohol or ether to (a beverage): to needle beer. 1
- verb without object needlelike to form needles in crystallization. 1
- verb without object needlelike to work with a needle. 1
- idioms needlelike on the needle, Slang. taking drugs by injection, especially habitually. 1
- idioms needlelike the needle, Informal. irritating abuse; teasing; heckling (used especially in the phrases give someone the needle and get the needle). 1
- noun needlelike Resembling a needle in shape. 1
- adjective needlelike resembling a needle; sharp, pointed 0