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needlenoun a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skinthe nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing hype(slang), hypodermic, hypodermic needle, hypodermic syringe, syringe an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering informationsimply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading hand, index, indicator, pointer dial, face, gauge(also gage) to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insultswe needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl bait, hassle, haze, heckle, ride, taunt, tease deride, gibe(or jibe), jeer, mock, ridiculeannoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, fret, frost, gall, get, gnaw (at), grate, gripe, hack (off), hagride, irk, irritate, itch, nag, nark(British), nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, trouble, vexaggravate, exasperate, goad, test, tryaggrieve, agitate, bedevil, beleaguer, discomfort, disturb, perturbbadger, dog, houndbrowbeat, bully, hectorharass, harry, persecute, plague, terrorize, torment, torture make game of, pick on to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp remindersquit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute! dog, henpeck, hound, nag, peck (at) carp (at), fuss (about or over), nitpickannoy, badger, bait, bother, bug, chivy(or chivvy), harass, harry, hassle, irk, pester, plague, ride, vex, yap (at)egg, goad, incite, prod, prompt, spur, urgeexhort, insist, press, pressure, pushblandish, cajole, coax, wheedlebeg, importune, plead pick at complimentcommend, laud, praise, recommend, toutacclaim, applaud, build up, eulogize, extol(also extoll) before the 12th century |