NEEDLE

6 letters 7 Scrabble points

Definition of NEEDLE

noun

  1. A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.

    "The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button."

  2. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

  3. A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.

    "The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty."

verb

  1. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

  2. To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

    "Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples."

  3. To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

    "to needle crystals"

Related words: goad tease

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters N E E D L E
Length 6 letters
Scrabble Score 7 points

Anagrams of NEEDLE

Words that use the same letters:

LEDEEN LENDEE

Words Containing "NEEDLE"

DIPNEEDLE GROUNDNEEDLE NEEDLEBILL NEEDLEBOOK NEEDLEBUSH NEEDLECASE NEEDLECORD NEEDLECRAFT NEEDLED NEEDLEFISH NEEDLEFISHES NEEDLEFUL NEEDLEFULS NEEDLELIKE NEEDLEMAKER NEEDLEMAKING NEEDLEMAN NEEDLEMEN NEEDLEMONGER NEEDLEPOINT

Words Starting with "NEEDLE"

NEEDLEBILL NEEDLEBOOK NEEDLEBUSH NEEDLECASE NEEDLECORD NEEDLECRAFT NEEDLED NEEDLEFISH NEEDLEFISHES NEEDLEFUL NEEDLEFULS NEEDLELIKE NEEDLEMAKER NEEDLEMAKING NEEDLEMAN NEEDLEMEN NEEDLEMONGER NEEDLEPOINT NEEDLEPOINTS NEEDLEPROOF

Words Ending with "NEEDLE"

DIPNEEDLE GROUNDNEEDLE PUCKNEEDLE