Needle

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Noun

needle (needles)

  1. A thin, sharp implement for sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing
  2. A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial.(needle of a compass)
  3. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
  4. The long, pointed leaves of some conifers
  5. A weapon used in ancient China, and today by Shaolin monks

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Transitive verb

Infinitive
to needle

Third person singular
needles

Simple past
needled

Past participle
needled

Present participle
needling

  1. To tease.

Translations

io:needle it:needle hu:needle pl:needle ru:needle fi:needle ta:needle zh:needle

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