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needle
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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