needle

  • 31needle —  1. v. Irritate. Annoy.  2 the needle Irritation. Esp. get or take the needle Become annoyed.  3 adj. Crucial (usu. in sporting usage, esp. needle match, sometimes with implication of ill feeling among contestants or of special passion among… …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 32needle — Stylus Sty lus, n. [L. stylus, or better stilus.] 1. An instrument for writing. See {Style}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] 2. That needle shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 33Needle —    Used only in the proverb, to pass through a needle s eye (Matt. 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25). Some interpret the expression as referring to the side gate, close to the principal gate, usually called the eye of a needle in the East; but it is …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 34needle — n 1. darner, bodkin, pin, tag, nib, neb, tip; hypodermic needle, Brit. Si. jag, probe, Surg. trocar. 2. stylus, style, point, graver, engraver, scauper; die, tool, punch, stamp; perforator, piercer, puncturer; bit, auger, drill, borer. 3. pine… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 35needle*/ — [ˈniːd(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) a thin sharp metal tube that is used for putting medicine or drugs into your body through your skin 2) a thin metal tool that you use for sewing or KNITTING 3) the part of a piece of equipment that points to a number in… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 36needle — adatinis kristalas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. acicular crystal; needle; needle crystal vok. nadelförmiger Kristall, m; Nadelkristall, m rus. игольчатый кристалл, m pranc. cristal aciculaire, m …

    Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • 37Needle — Aiguille (comics) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Aiguille. L Aiguille (Needle) est un super vilain appartenant à l univers de Marvel Comics. Il est apparu pour la première fois dans Spider Woman #9, en 1978. Origine Le vieil homme qui devint l …

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  • 38needle — [OE] Etymologically, a needle is a ‘sewing’ implement. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *nēthlō (source also of German nadel, Dutch naald, Swedish nål, and Danish naal), which was derived from an Indo European base *nē ‘sew’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39needle — nee·dle || nɪːdl n. slender pointed tools (usually of metal, often with a hole a one end) used with thread (or string) for sewing or other handcrafts; implement used in sewing or embroidering; sharp implement for suturing or other hypodermic… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 40needle —    to strengthen (an intoxicant) by adulteration    Originally, by introducing an electric current through a rod shaped like a needle, whence any form of lacing:     The smell of needled beer... (Longstreet, 1956) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms