Definitions for needle
ˈnid lnee·dle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acerate leaf, needlenoun

   the leaf of a conifer

2. needlenoun

   a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

3. needlenoun

   a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

4. phonograph needle, needleverb

   a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

5. needle, goadverb

   goad or provoke,as by constant criticism

   "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

6. needleverb

   prick with a needle

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1. Needlenoun

   An injection of medicine from a hypodermic needle; a shot.

2. Needleverb

   To tease (a person), especially repeatedly.

3. Needleverb

   To prod or goad (someone) into action by teasing or daring.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. needlenoun

   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.

2. needlenoun

   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.

3. needlenoun

   A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

   Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.

4. needlenoun

   A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.

5. needlenoun

   The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

6. needleverb

   To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

7. needleverb

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

   Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

8. Etymology: From nedle, from nædl, from nēþlō, from pre-Germanic, from (s)néh₁- ‘to spin, twist’ (compare Dutch naaien, Welsh nyddu, Latin nere, Lithuanian snaju, Sanskrit ‘wraps up, winds’). Related to snood.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NEEDLEnoun

   Etymology: nædl , Saxon.

   1. A small instrument pointed at one end to pierce cloath, and perforated at the other to receive the thread, used in sewing.

   For him you waste in tears your widow’d hours,
   For him your curious needle paints the flowers. Dryden.

   2. The small steel bar which in the mariners compass stands regularly north and south.

   The use of the loadstone, and the mariners needle was not then known. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

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1. needle

   A needle is a thin, pointed piece of metal, usually with a hole (known as an eye) at one end, used for sewing or stitching materials together. It can also refer to a similar object used for injecting or drawing fluids, as in medical procedures, or for playing records on a turntable. Metaphorically, it can refer to anything long and thin like a needle, such as a needle of a pine tree or a needle on a measurement gauge.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Needlenoun

   a small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing

2. Needlenoun

   see Magnetic needle, under Magnetic

3. Needlenoun

   a slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting

4. Needlenoun

   one of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus

5. Needlenoun

   any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc

6. Needleverb

   to form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals

7. Needleverb

   to form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles

8. Etymology: [OE. nedle, AS. ndl; akin to D. neald, OS. ndla, G. nadel, OHG. ndal, ndala, Icel. nl, Sw. nl, Dan. naal, and also to G. nhen to sew, OHG. njan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ne`ein, and perh. to E. snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G. schnur string, cord.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Needle

   The Needle is a comic book character. He is a mutant supervillain in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. Created by Mark Gruenwald, Carmine Infantino, and Al Gordon, the character first appeared in Spider-Woman #9.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Needle

   nēd′l, n. a small, sharp-pointed steel instrument, with an eye for a thread—(Shak.) Neeld, Neele: any slender, pointed instrument like a needle, as the magnet or movable bar of a compass, or for knitting, etching, &c.: anything sharp and pointed, like a pinnacle of rock, &c.: an aciform crystal: a temporary support used by builders to sustain while repairing, being a strong beam resting on props: the long, narrow, needle-like leaf of a pine-tree.—v.t. to form into a shape like a needle, as crystals: to work with a needle.—v.i. to become of the shape of needles, as crystals.—ns. Need′le-book, a number of pieces of cloth, leather, &c. arranged like a book, for holding needles; Need′le-case, a case for holding needles; Need′le-fish, a pipe-fish: a garfish or belonid; Need′leful, as much thread as fills a needle; Need′le-gun, a gun or rifle loaded at the breech, the cartridge of which is exploded by the impact of a needle or spike at its base.—adjs. Need′le-point′ed, pointed like a needle: without a barb, as a fish-hook; Need′le-shaped, shaped like a needle: applied to the long, slender, sharp-pointed leaves of pines, firs, and other trees.—ns. Need′le-tel′egraph, a telegraph the receiver of which gives its messages by the deflections of a magnetic needle; Need′lewoman, a woman who makes her living by her needle, a seamstress; Need′lework, work done with a needle: the business of a seamstress.—adj. Need′ly, thorny. [A.S. nǽdl; Ger. nadel; cog. with Ger. nähen, to sew, L. nēre, to spin.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Needle

   (a) A term applied to a bar magnet poised horizontally upon a vertical point, or suspended in a horizontal position by a filament. Thus the magnet in a mariner's compass, which may be a substantial bar magnet, is called a magnetic needle. (b) An indicator in general shape like the hand of a clock. (Sec Annunciator, Needle- Telegraph, Needle.)

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Needle

   Needle offers the leading sales chat platform for web, social and mobile commerce. Leveraging innovative cloud-sourced and @anywhere technology, Needle offers brand advocates (either yours, or ones we gather for you) as chat agents who know and love your products. Needle’s one-of-a-kind interactive, socially connected chat tools allow your chat agents to wow customers with knowledge and personal attention, lifting AOV, lifetime loyalty and value while increasing ROI.Needle Mobile allows customers to scan a QR or bar code and instantly talk to a product expert from anywhere–including a brick & mortar store.“You’ve been shopping before online and have probably got to the point where you said I wish I could talk to someone about this.That’s what we do. We have built an application that lets us help people find the right product while they are shopping online. To do this, we combine chat and our demonstration tools to provide as close to an ‘in-store’ shopping experience online. And even IN a store, we can make the experience better with our mobile solutions!”Morgan Lynch, Needle CEO.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. needle

   The Ang.-Sax. nædl. (See also MAGNETIC NEEDLE.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. needle

   A slender bar of steel, usually pointed, and resting on a vertical pivot, in a mariner’s, or other compass, so as to turn freely towards the magnetic poles of the earth by virtue of the magnetic polarity with which it has been artificially endued; called also the magnetic needle.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NEEDLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Needle is ranked #30889 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Needle surname appeared 753 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Needle.
   
   94.2% or 710 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Implement
   • Pointer
   • Prick
   • Sewing
   • Simple Leaf

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'needle' in Nouns Frequency: #1653

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Anagrams for needle »

1. lendee

How to pronounce needle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say needle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of needle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of needle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of needle in a Sentence

1. Rick Gorka:

   The President has record support amongst Republicans, so I would remind candidates that they need the President supporters, they need The President voters to show up for them in the polls, and to be perfectly blunt, if The President is going to win, you have a good chance of winning. If you're going to try to break with The President and thread a needle, good luck with that.

2. Maeve Reston of CNN:

   It's looking like it could turn into a fight between Jeb Bush and Rubio out there, you've got as few as 40,000 voters who will be coming out to caucus -- that's a little like a needle in a haystack. It's going to take intensive groundwork, and both of them are really getting started on that front.

3. Craig Fox:

   It takes about 10 to 12 years to take a drug from the concept to the market, it's often described as trying to find a needle in a haystack.

4. Jeff Coyne:

   You know, someone poking themselves with [ a needle ], or someone reusing them, it sort of encourages the safe practice of disposing of them.

5. Colorado Senate:

   When you're talking about the issues that affect working Coloradans, that's what's moving the needle, we're talking about record inflation, record crime, and diesel that's over $5 a gallon. That's what matters to working Americans, and that's why we're going to win on Tuesday.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=needle
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=needle
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Needle
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=needle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/needle
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=needle
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=needle
9. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=needle
10. ^ CrunchBase
    https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/needle
11. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=needle
12. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
13. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
14. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=needle