NEEDLE

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Definition

noun

A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
“The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.”
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
“The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.”

verb

To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
“Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.”
To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
“to needle crystals”