to needle
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5.3
- verb
- /ˈniːdəl/
- I'm now going to go in and micro needle the skin with the banisher roller.
- needle the skin
- rain needled the skin
Examples
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Alobar spent much of the voyage seated alone behind the bowsprit, enjoying the energy of the waves, refreshed by the salty sprays that needled him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Still, unease needled her.
Fiction book (2000) -
You know, it's I'm getting dry needling, I'm getting massage PT.
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Ancylostoma will needle into the intestine, piercing the wall and lodging there for years to suck human blood.
Fiction book (2001) -
She carefully needled the fabric to close the wound after the surgery.
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He needled the balloon with a sharp object, causing it to burst.
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During the procedure, the doctor needled the vaccine into the patient's arm.
Synonyms
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1.0
To attach something to a surface or push it into with a point
254
1.5
Push quickly with a finger, stick, or other small object
121
3.5
To make a hole in something with a sharp object like a needle
32
7.7
Push a sharp object through a person or animal
18
3.9
To make a small hole in something with a sharp point
14
3.7
To push a sharp point through something to hold it
1
4.4
Make a small hole in something with a sharp point
1
5.3
To push a sharp point into something to move it
Idioms
6
7.6
To pass something carefully through a very small gap or to do a very precise and difficult action
- Informal
1
6.7
To try to find something that is hidden among many things
Compounds
- Specialized
9
3.9
A thin hollow tube with a sharp point that doctors use to give medicine or take blood through the skin
2
1.6
A thin metal tool with a point and a hole for thread used to push thread through cloth
- Specialized
2
3.5
A medical procedure that uses a hollow needle to take a small piece of body tissue for testing
1
3.0
A long needle with a large eye that you use to thread thick thread for decorative sewing
- Archaic
1
9.6
A slender insect with bright shiny wings that eats mosquitoes and small insects
1
9.3
A plant like a spiky bush with long stiff leaves that have thin threadlike edges
- Specialized
1
6.2
A small part with thin metal rollers that helps a shaft turn smoothly
- Specialized
1
7.9
A disease of pine and spruce trees that makes their needles turn brown and fall early
1
9.9
A climbing plant with many small creamy white flowers that grows over other plants
A slender flying insect with long body and clear wings often found near water
A plant that grows in dry places with long stiff leaves that have thin threads along the edges
- Specialized
A metal rod in a sewing machine that holds and moves the needle up and down
- Australian
A shrub from eastern Australia with leaves like needles and white flowers
- Australian
A shrub with sharp needle-shaped leaves and white flowers from eastern Australia
- Jargon
A moment when a song starts in a film or show that makes the scene more powerful
- Australian
A large bush with sharp pointed leaves and creamy white flowers from central and eastern Australia
How Piercing
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb needle comes from the same old word nædl, which was a sharp point that 'pricks' or 'pierces'. So to needle something can mean to prick it, as when you push a needle into cloth or skin.