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WIKTIONARY
needle
Noun
∙
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
∙
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
∙
A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a
compass needle
.
∙
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
∙
A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
∙
The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
informal, usually preceded by
the
∙
A text string that is searched for within another string.
programming, PHP
Verb
∙
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
∙
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
transitive
∙
To form in the shape of a needle.
transitive