needle

needle
nee•dle
[[t]ˈnid l[/t]] n. v. -dled, -dling
1) a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usu. 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
2) clo any of various related, usu. considerably larger, implements for making stitches, as in knitting or crocheting
Compare crochet 1) knitting needle
3) med Med.
a) a slender, pointed, steel instrument used in sewing or piercing tissues, as in suturing
b) a hypodermic needle
4) inf an injection of a drug or medicine; shot
5) any of various objects resembling or suggesting a needle
6) hfi 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
7) a pointed instrument, or stylus, used in engraving, etching, or the like
8) bot Bot. a needle-shaped leaf, as of a pine
9) zool. Zool. a slender, sharp spicule
10) mir chem. Chem., Mineral. a needlelike crystal
11) a sharp-pointed mass or pinnacle of rock
12) an obelisk or a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone
13) cvb the needle, Informal. teasing or harassing remarks
14) to sew or pierce with or as if with a needle
15) inf Informal.
a) to prod or goad (someone) to a specified action:
We needled her into going with us[/ex]
b) to tease
16) to form needles in crystallization
17) to work with a needle
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Etymology: bef. 900; ME nedle, OE nǣdl, c. OHGnādala(G Nadel), ONnāl, Gonethla; akin to Gnӓhento sew, L nēre to spin nee′dler, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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