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▸ noun:  A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
▸ noun:  Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
▸ noun:  A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
▸ noun:  (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
▸ noun:  A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
▸ noun:  A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
▸ noun:  (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
▸ noun:  (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
▸ noun:  (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
▸ noun:  (gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
▸ verb:  To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
▸ noun:  A surname.

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