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needle
1. noun /ˈniː.dl/
a) A long, thin, 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.

b) A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.

The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.

2. verb /ˈniː.dl/
a) To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

the eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus; so I decided to needle the cataracts, and on Jan. 31 I needled the right eye.

b) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

Possibly the greatest effect is achieved in the hand by needling the thumb, the index finger and the region of the 1st and 2nd metacarpal.

Syn: goad, tease

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