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What does needle mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word needle? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
  2. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
  3. A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
  4. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
  5. A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
  6. (the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
  7. (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string.
Verb
  1. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
  2. (transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
  3. (transitive) To form in the shape of a needle.
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