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Word: needle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
  • A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a ''compass needle''.
  • A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
  • A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
  • rfv-sense A weapon used in ancient China, and today by Shaolin monks.
  • The death penalty carried out by lethal injection

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Verb:

  • To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
  • idiomatic To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

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