to needle
- 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
To attach something to a surface or push it into with a point
Push quickly with a finger, stick, or other small object
To make a hole in something with a sharp object like a needle
Push a sharp object through a person or animal
To push a sharp point into something to move it
To push a sharp point through something to hold it
To make a small hole in something with a sharp point
Make a small hole in something with a sharp point
Idioms
To pass something carefully through a very small gap or to do a very precise and difficult action
- Informal
To try to find something that is hidden among many things
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin hollow tube with a sharp point that doctors use to give medicine or take blood through the skin
A plant like a spiky bush with long stiff leaves that have thin threadlike edges
A thin metal tool with a point and a hole for thread used to push thread through cloth
- Specialized
A medical procedure that uses a hollow needle to take a small piece of body tissue for testing
- Archaic
A slender insect with bright shiny wings that eats mosquitoes and small insects
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 long needle with a large eye that you use to thread thick thread for decorative sewing
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
- Specialized
A small part with thin metal rollers that helps a shaft turn smoothly
- 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
- Specialized
A disease of pine and spruce trees that makes their needles turn brown and fall early
- 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.