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noun
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
Medicine/Medical.
a.
a slender, pointed, steel instrument used in sewing or piercing tissues, as in suturing.
4.
Informal. an injection of a drug or medicine; shot.
5.
EXPANDany of various objects resembling or suggesting a needle.
6.
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.
Electricity. magnetic needle.
8.
a pointed instrument, or stylus, used in engraving, etching, or the like.
9.
Botany. a needle-shaped leaf, as of a conifer: a pine needle.
10.
Zoology. a slender sharp spicule.
11.
Chemistry, Mineralogy. a needlelike crystal.
12.
a sharp-pointed mass or pinnacle of rock.
13.
an obelisk or a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone: Cleopatra's Needle.
14.
COLLAPSEAlso called needle beam. Building Trades. a short beam passed through a wall as a temporary support.
verb (used with object)
15.
to sew or pierce with or as if with a needle: to needle a patch on a sleeve.
16.
Informal.
a.
to prod or goad (someone) to a specified action: We needled her into going with us.
b.
to tease: We needled him about his big ears.
17.
Slang. to add alcohol or ether to (a beverage): to needle beer.
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Needling
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
verb (used without object)
Idioms18.
to form needles in crystallization.
19.
to work with a needle.
20.
on the needle, Slang. taking drugs by injection, especially habitually.
21.
the needle, Informal. irritating abuse; teasing; heckling (used especially in the phrases give someone the needle and get the needle).
Origin:
before 900; 1880–85 for def. 16; Middle English nedle, Old English nǣdl, cognate with German Nadel; akin to Latin nēre to spin
before 900; 1880–85 for def. 16; Middle English nedle, Old English nǣdl, cognate with German Nadel; akin to Latin nēre to spin
Related forms
nee·dle·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
needle
O.E. naeðlæ, nedlæ, from P.Gmc. *næthlo (cf. O.S. nathla, O.N. nal, O.Fris. nedle, O.H.G. nadala, Ger. Nadel, Goth. neþla), lit. "a tool for sewing," from PIE *net-la-, from base *(s)ne- "to sew, to spin" (cf. Skt. snayati "wraps up," Gk. nein "to spin," L. nere "to spin,"
EXPANDO.C.S. niti "thread," O.Ir. snathat "needle," Welsh nyddu "to sew," nodwydd "needle") + instrumental suffix *-tla.
COLLAPSE
"To seke out one lyne in all hys bookes wer to go looke a nedle in a meadow." [Thomas More, c.1530]Meaning "piece of magnetized steel in a compass" is from late 14c.; the surgical instrument so called from 1727; sense of "leaf of a fir or pine tree" first attested 1798. Needlework first attested late 14c. Needlepoint "point lace made with the needle" is from 1865. The verb sense of "goad, provoke" is first attested 1881, probably from meaning "haggle in making a bargain" (1812).
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Medical Dictionary
needle nee·dle (nēd'l)
n.
A slender, usually sharp-pointed instrument used for puncturing tissues, suturing, or passing a ligature around an artery.
A hollow, slender, sharp-pointed instrument used for injection or aspiration.
To separate tissues by means of one or two needles in the dissection of small parts.
needling nee·dling (nēd'l-ĭng)
n.
Dissection of a soft or secondary cataract.
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Science Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary
needle definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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