needle

needle (one)

informal To provoke one with teasing or goading remarks or acts. She just kept needling me with condescending comments about my sales numbers. You need to stop needling Tom. You may think it's all in good fun, but it's making him genuinely upset.
See also: needle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

needle

tv. to annoy someone. Tom is always needling Frank.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) sharp as a needle
  • a needle in a haystack
  • be like looking for a needle in a haystack
  • be like trying to find a needle in a haystack
  • be on pins and needles
  • camel through a needle's eye, a
  • camel through the eye of a needle
  • darning needle
  • eye of the needle
  • get pins and needles
  • get the (dead) needle
  • get the needle
  • have pins and needles
  • like looking for a needle in a haystack
  • like looking for/trying to find a needle in a haystack
  • needle
  • needle (one)
  • needle (one) about (something)
  • needle about
  • needle candy
  • needle in a haystack
  • needle in a haystack, (like finding) a
  • on pins and needles
  • on pins and needles, to be
  • on the needle
  • pins and needles
  • put a rope to the eye of a needle
  • sharp as a needle
  • the eye of a needle
  • thread the needle
  • vaccinated with a gramophone needle
  • vaccinated with a Victrola needle
References in periodicals archive
For instance Becton, Dickinson and Company introduced the BD Ultra-Fine micro pen needle in 2017, for use with different pen injection devices.
Needles Market to Reach US$ 8.3 Billion by 2025 / Global Industry Research Report with Competition Tracking, Leading Technologies, and Forecast By Medtronic plc, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Stryker
S: The letter is part of the needle system code and refers to the needle type.
SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES: Using the correct sewing machine needle is integral to successful stitching. Oftentimes problems that occur are remedied simply by installing a different size needle or a brand new needle. Read on to learn how to select the correct needle for any project
If a needle gets bent, don't straighten it; a bent needle is weaker and more likely to break.
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Needle exchanges were formed, in part, to prevent addicts from sharing needles and perpetuating the spread of diseases like HIV and forms of Hepatitis.
Push to legalize needle exchanges in Arizona gets new life
He said: "If it was not for needle exchanges there would be a lot more people sharing needles - then there's exposing of dirty needles and a lot more hanging around the streets.
Is a needle exchange programme a good idea? The Huggard Centre in Cardiff is working to help addicts get off drugs - and save lives - with the aid of a controversial needle exchange programme. Matt Discombe reports..
Through its needle exchange The Huggard discards between 20 and 30 litres of clinical waste every day.
'Needle exchanges are saving lives...' vital service is helping to stop blood-borne diseases
Family of a nine-month-old boyinTajikistanwas horrified when X-ray ofthe boyrevealed ten needles were stuck in his skull, nose, legs, neck, and chest.
Family shocked as 10 needles found in infant's body
Doctors of the National Medical Center Karbolo in Dushanbe have found 10 needles in the body of 9-month-old boy and said the child could not swallow the needles himself.
Dushanbe doctors find 10 needles in body of 9-month-old child
A fabric-like, water-soluble stabilizer is recommended for machine embroidery when using a wing needle. This type of stabilizer can be securely hooped yet rinses completely away, allowing the patterns created by the holes to be fully appreciated.
Pulled Threadwork
Sewability of a fabric is an important factor which decides the quality of seam and which is influenced by many factors such as properties of sewing threads and fabrics, processes of needle penetration force, stitch formation, sewing thread tension, fabric feeding, seam construction and various technological parameters in sewing process.
Influence of fabric finishes on needle penetration force and mechanical properties of cotton/Lycra denim fabric
Caption: BD's Ultra-Fine micro pen offers another needle length option.
BD expands pen needle lineup
Methods: A total of 60 consecutive patients were allocated to receive either INJEX group or 27-gauge needle group.
A Needle-Free Injection System (INJEXTM) with lidocaine for epidural needle insertion: A randomized controlled trial
Dallas, TX, June 10, 2016 --(PR.com)-- The global pen needles market has accounted for USD 1.7 billion in 2015, and is expected to reach USD 3.6 billion by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 11.6% in the forecast period of 2016 to 2022.
The Global Pen Needles Market is Expected to Reach USD 3.6 Billion by 2022 - A New Report by Data Bridge Market Research
Conclusion: Diagnostic yield and sample length using bone marrow biopsy needle proved to be equivalent to bone biopsy needle.
ROLE OF NON COAXIAL BONE MARROW BIOPSY NEEDLE AND BONE BIOPSY NEEDLE IN CT GUIDED CORE NEEDLE BIOPSIES
Murad Alam of Northwestern University, Chicago, and his colleagues used a split-face design to assign 20 female patients to receive onabotulinumtoxinA with a 30-gauge needle on one side of the face and a 32-gauge needle on the left side.
Consider finer needle for facial Botox injections