Search results for 'needle':

needle noun 1 a slender pointed steel sewing instrument with a hole for the thread. 2 a longer, thicker implement of metal, wood, bone or plastic, etc, without a hole, for knitting, crocheting, etc. 3 a a hypodermic syringe; b its pointed end. 4 medicine a slender instrument for suturing and dissection, etc. 5 a gramophone stylus. 6 the moving pointer on a compass or other instrument. 7 anything slender, sharp and pointed. 8 a pinnacle of rock. 9 an obelisk. 10 a long slender crystal. 11 the needle-shaped leaf of a tree such as the pine or fir. 12 a strong beam passed through a wall as a temporary support. 13 (the needle) colloq a provocation; b irritation; anger; c dislike. verb (needled, needling) tr & intr 1 colloq to provoke or irritate someone, especially deliberately. 2 to sew. look for a needle in a haystack to undertake a hopeless search.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon nædl.