Definitions for the word "needle" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 a very thin pointed rod of smooth steel etc. With a slit (‘eye’) for thread at the blunt end, used in sewing. B larger plastic, wooden, etc. Slender rod without an eye, used in knitting etc. 2 pointer on a dial. 3 any of several small thin pointed instruments, esp.: a the end of a hypodermic syringe. B = *stylus 1. 4 a obelisk (cleopatra''s needle). B pointed rock or peak. 5 leaf of a fir or pine tree. 6 (the needle) slang fit of bad temper or nervousness. v. (-ling) colloq. Irritate; provoke. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. slang
to annoy. To “cop the NEEDLE” is to become vexed or annoyed.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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