NEEDLES — Definition of NEEDLES
noun
1
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.
2
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
3
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
4
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.
verb
1
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
2
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
3
To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
to needle crystals
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/needle
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