needle in Hindi हिन्दी
needle in Kashmiri कॉशुर
needle in Malayalam മലയാളം
needle in Sindhi سنڌي
needle in English
- needle⇄adj. needlelike.
- needle⇄expr. a needle in a (or the) haystack, something extremely difficult or impossible to find or reach.
Ex. We are looking for a needle in the haystack--that one buyer in the hundreds of thousands who will see the ad (Burnett Bear). - needle⇄expr. give one the needle, (Informal.) to urge to action or response; goad; incite; prod.
Ex. It's mostly a question of giving our personnel the needle to make them try a little harder (Wall Street Journal). - needle⇄expr. on the needle, (U.S. Slang.) addicted to heroin.
Ex. ""How she managed to protect her children is a mystery. None of us has been in prison. None has been on the needle"" (New York Times). - needle⇄expr. thread the needle, to accomplish a difficult task.
Ex. [He] expressed hope that the committee ""can succeed in making the compromises and threading the needle"" to get authorization for the central Arizona plan (William M. Blair). - needle⇄needle, noun, verb, -dled,-dling.
- needle⇄noun 1. a very slender tool, sharp at one end and with a hole or eye to pass a thread through, used in sewing.
Ex. Mother sewed the button on my coat with needle and bright yellow thread.
2. a slender rod used in knitting.
3. a rod wi - needle⇄v.i. 1. to work with a needle.
2. (Mineralogy, Chemistry.) to form needle-shaped crystals. - needle⇄v.t. 1. (Informal.) to vex by sharp remarks; goad, incite, or annoy.
Ex. to needle someone into taking action. That ghoulish voice began needling me again (S. J. Perelman).
2. to sew or pierce with a needle.
3. to add alcohol to (beer