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needle

noun
  1. a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
  2. a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
  3. a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
    phonograph needle
  4. the leaf of a conifer
    acerate leaf
verb
  1. goad or provoke, as by constant criticism
    “We needled them with sarcastic remarks.”
    goad
  2. prick with a needle