Needle

Noun

 * 1) A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
 * 2) A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
 * 3) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
 * 4) A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
 * 5) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection

Verb

 * 1) To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
 * 2)  To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

Synonyms

 * goad, tease

Thesaurus
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