Needle

What do we mean by needle?

A slender, pointed implement used for sewing or surgical suturing, made usually of polished steel and having an eye at one end through which a length of thread is passed and held. noun

Any of various similar implements, such as a fine sharp-pointed instrument used in acupuncture or a pointed shaft used in knitting, crocheting, or lace making. noun

A sharp-pointed instrument used in engraving. noun

A slender piece of jewel or steel used to transmit vibrations from the grooves of a phonograph record. noun

A slender pointer or indicator on a dial, scale, or similar part of a mechanical device. noun

A magnetic needle. noun

A hypodermic needle. noun

A hypodermic injection; a shot. noun

A narrow stiff leaf, as of a pine or fir. noun

A fine, sharp projection, as a spine of a sea urchin or a crystal. noun

A tall narrow rock formation. noun

An obelisk. noun

A goading, provoking, or teasing remark or act. noun

To prick, pierce, or stitch with a needle. intransitive verb

To goad, provoke, or tease. intransitive verb

A fine, 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 fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.

A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.

A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.

(usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

To annoy. Urban Dictionary

Aggression between two people or teams, particularly in sport. Urban Dictionary

A piece of poop that is too small to spread the anus and come out, so it stays inside, hardens, and proceeds to poke the inside of one's anus (like a needle) until a larger log comes along to clear the tract. Urban Dictionary

A deregatory term used to imply a lack of genital size in the pants. syn. Pencil dick Urban Dictionary

Noun: conveys annoyance (with someone) as in: "I've got the needle with Steve" = "I'm really annoyed with Steve" OR "Steve's given me the needle" = "Steve's really annoyed me" Alternatively: "I've got a bone to pick with you = "You've given me the needle (about something); "You've given me the needle = "You've given me the hump (, I don't want to talk to you, now piss off!) Urban Dictionary

Sticking your dong where it don't belong. Urban Dictionary

1. (n.) One who for no reason at all utters the phrase G-g-g-g Unit in the middle of a conversation that has nothing to do with the rap group. 2. (n.) One who has a very small penis Urban Dictionary

Lethal Injection Urban Dictionary

1. Being strung out/high on heroine. 2. Having a tattoo. Urban Dictionary

A really small penis. Usually really wrinkled. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to needle:
needle, weedle, neele, needly, beedle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word needle:
syringe, haystack, cannula, epidural, needles, crochet, biopsy, aspiration, stitch, phobia, stitches, puncture, catheter, knitting, thread, lace, acupuncture, sewing, bearings, yarn, compass, inserted, ultrasound, embroidery, electrode, injection, groove, insertion, valve, fabric, threads, tip, roller, vein, pin, trades, ink, nerve, magnetic, spinal, hiv, pen, wire, hook, tissue, fluid, skin, surgical, bearing, stick, gauge, hollow, finger, peak, technique, procedure, seattle, tube, exchange, muscle, loop, meter, patient, bone, sample, hole, drop, gun, blood, diameter, infection, procedures, grass, plate, eye, thin, sharp, angle, invented, palm, tool, pain, attached, pine, device, arm, feed, drug, pointed, instrument.

Words that rhyme with needle:
wheedle, beadle, treadle, daedal, tweedle, dreidel, edile, cheadle, sedile, creedal, friedel, riedel, predal, beedle, friedl, meadville, steidl, riedl, neidl, be dull, breed hill, breed ill, freedle, frida uhl, indeed ill, keadle, liedel, meidl, nedel, seed hull, speed hill, steidle, wiedel.

Adjectives that are often used to describe needle:
fine, magnetic, hypodermic, long, spinal, small, large, curved, sterile, sharp, hollow, inch, thin, single, blunt, short, hot, straight, knitting, right, ordinary, pointed, lumbar, larger, left, disposable, pine, intravenous, electric, proverbial, big, atraumatic, hand, threaded, the, double, standard, broken, darning, smaller, tiny, over, inner, bent, thick, clean, horizontal, finest, dipping, surgical, sterilized, suspended, eyed, astatic, round, circular, tapered, stainless, outer, core, longer, tipped, sized, golden, slender, two, delicate, cut, wooden, concentric, smallest, sewing, percutaneous, vertical, dirty, beveled, flexible, coarse, grooved, insulated, skinny, used.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective needle:
holder, work, electrodes, biopsy, biopsies, holders, placement, valves, puncture, bearings, nose, aspiration, exchange, marks, point, programs, crystals, points, tip, size, tracks, sharing, cases, files, gun, case, lace, sticks, fish, ice, sizes, aspirates, thread, insertion, valve, trades, cast, localization, punctures, like, makers, bearing, exchanges, aspirations, grass, rollers, free, pliers, lengths, leaves, forceps, knife, making, beams, procedures, shaped, blight, tract, tips, cytology, stick, book, holes, diagnosis, telegraph, beam, punching, coke, watcher, catheter, direction, leaved, guides, guns, examination, gauges, thrusts, teeth, yellow, rusts, worke, spire, freaks, probes, tailed, brown, thrust, orientation, pericardiocentesis, dams, felting, injuries, penetration, rust.

Consonant match to needle:
noodle, nodal, noddle, nuddle, new deal, nidal, nadal, nadel, knodel, neidl, knodle, nadell, nedel, nod hill, node l.

Words that sound like needle:
needle, noodle, noddle, nodal, nuddle, nodel, nudel, knodel, knaidel, kneidel, nadel, needles, nettle, natal, nadal, needful, nida, needa, needler, needled, nuttall, nidal, new deal, nurdle, knittle, needily, knittel, nutall, notal, natl, model, middle, medal, needing, muddle, meddle, modal, medel, moodle, weedle, kneading, middel, cheadle, medle, meatal, madel, madl, mead hall, midl, medill, natel, notel, neidisch, no till, needy, noodles, nada, nita, nial, needham, knievel, newell, noddles, neda, nihil, nowell, nadda, newel, nido, noda, neida, night owl, nihal, naida, nadler, noida, nowel, nuda, nitta, knawel, noodled, knoedler, nedda, nahal, nidi, nordell, knot hole, anodal, huddle, hoddle, hadal, hodel, madole, madill, heidel, heddle, cheetal, cdl, haydel, hedl.