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needle English

Meaning needle meaning

What does needle mean?
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needle

A needle is a small, long, thin sharp metal thing with a hole in it, used for sewing. She used a needle and blue thread to fix the hole in the shirt. A needle is a long, thing, sharp metal thing for putting drugs into a person through the skin. The doctor used the needle to inject the medicine into the patient.

needle

To tease; to make fun of. Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

needle

a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument (= acerate leaf) the leaf of a conifer a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) (= goad) goad or provoke,as by constant criticism He needled her with his sarcastic remarks prick with a needle (= phonograph needle) a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

Synonyms needle synonyms

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Topics needle topics

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Conjugation needle conjugation

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needle · verb

Examples needle examples

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Simple sentences

It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
I don't like sewing because I can't thread the needle.
She sews with a needle and thread.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
It's not easy to thread a needle.
He winced as the nurse pushed the needle into his arm.
She pricked herself with a needle while embroidering.
I cannot sew buttons on this jacket. I need a stonger needle.
Tom closed his eyes as the nurse inserted the needle into his arm.
Could you quickly thread this needle for me?
The thick material bent the needle of my sewing machine.
The girls couldn't wait to show off their fine needle work to us.
I always carry a needle in case of an emergency.
Do you have a sewing needle?
Wherever the needle goes, the thread goes too.

Movie subtitles

But searching for another Earth is like trying to find a needle in a million haystacks.
Get me a hypodermic needle.
And a needle and thread.
The needle has gotten stuck in a crack.
Bring me a needle, nurse.
A needle?
Quick, Watson, the needle.
I've got some boys that can find a needle in a haystack.
The needle of the compass no longer points to the magnetic pole.
I seen a needle that winked its eye.
I borrowed your needle and thread. I'm afraid I won't make a very good job of this.
No good. The needle's busted.
He wants a needle and twine from the, uh, boat kit or something.
But in London, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
We must overpower him first. Get me a hypodermic needle.
I'm looking for a needle in a hay stack.
Listen. You spell 'needle'.
Then it's a rotten needle.
You must be vaccinated with a phonograph needle.
Needle bad.
I'm afraid that won't work, unless you have a needle and thread.
Maybe it is only a couple of drops, but every time I see that needle, I get woozy.
Oh, Watson. The needle.
They'd like to break the needle sewing him up. Your man's okay.
I should have you placed on an operating table, inject a needle into your veins and slowly draw off your life's blood.
The needle to the last, ay, Holmes?
Get me the biggest needle you can find and hurry it up.
Will this needle do?
She has bad eyes so it takes one or two hours for her to thread a needle.
What do they want me to do with this needle?
And if you can't needle him into knocking off Jardine, why not let me do it?
Do you have a needle and cotton? - Sure.
A dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle.
Needle in a haystack.
Macaroni, bring the big needle from the basket in the boat.
Needle-horned, and an uglier rogue than me.
But in 150 years from now. everyone born in England will be saved that disfigurement. By a simple scratch with a needle infected with a disease itself.

News and current affairs

But we should remember who, it is said, will pass through the eye of a needle to find salvation.
The Moscow Patriarch would likely become stuck in that needle's eye because of his pearl-encrusted chasubles, his gold and his Mercedes.
After all, the objective - to identify a few terrorists hiding among millions of law-abiding citizens, before they commit a violent act - is the equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack.
Since assuming office, President Barack Obama has made clear his desire to lift the federal ban on needle exchange in the United States.
Put simply, algorithmic searches are what computer programmers use as a last resort when looking for a mathematical needle in a haystack: they make the computer try every possible answer in turn until it finds the right one.

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