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nee⋅dle

  [need-l] noun, verb, -dled, -dling.
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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.
b. hypodermic needle.
4. Informal. an injection of a drug or medicine; shot.
5. any 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. Also 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.
–verb (used without object)
18. to form needles in crystallization.
19. to work with a needle.
—Idioms
20. on the needle, Slang. taking drugs by injection, esp. habitually.
21. the needle, Informal. irritating abuse; teasing; heckling (used esp. in the phrases give someone the needle and get the needle).
Origin:
bef. 900; 1880–85 for def. 16; ME nedle, OE nǣdl, c. G Nadel; akin to L nēre to spin

Related forms:
nee⋅dle⋅like, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
needle

  1. tv.
    to annoy someone. : Tom is always needling Frank.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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on the needle

  1. mod.
    addicted to injectable drugs. (Drugs.) : My sister's on the needle, and I want to help her.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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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," O.C.S. niti "thread," O.Ir. snathat "needle," Welsh nyddu "to sew," nodwydd "needle") + instrumental suffix *-tla.
"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 1375; the surgical instrument so called from 1727; sense of "leaf of a fir or pine tree" first attested 1798. Needlework first attested 1382. 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2needle
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: nee·dled; nee·dling /'nEd-li[ng], -&l-i[ng]/
: to puncture, operate on, or inject with a needle <needling a cataract> <needles the population against polio>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

needle nee·dle (nēd'l)
n.

  1. A slender, usually sharp-pointed instrument used for puncturing tissues, suturing, or passing a ligature around an artery.

  2. A hollow, slender, sharp-pointed instrument used for injection or aspiration.

v. nee·dled, nee·dl·ing, nee·dles
To separate tissues by means of one or two needles in the dissection of small parts.

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needle   (nēd'l)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A narrow, stiff leaf, as of firs, pines, and other conifers. The reduced surface area of needles minimizes water loss and allows needle-bearing plants to live in dry climates. See more at leaf.

  2. See hypodermic needle.


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