Synonyms of the word

needle

• n. A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing,…
• n. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock,…
• n. A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
• n. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
• n. A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
• n. (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
• n. (programming, PHP) A text string that is searched for within another string.
• v. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
• v. (transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
• v. (transitive) To form in the shape of a needle.

beset

• v. (transitive) To surround or hem in.
• v. (transitive) To attack, especially from all sides.
• v. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
• v. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

chevy

• n. A hunt or pursuit.
• n. A cry used in hunting.
• n. The game of prisoners' bars.
• v. to hunt or chase.

chivvy

• v. To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
• v. To coerce, as by persistent request.
• v. To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
• v. To pursue as in a hunt.
• n. A goad.

chivy

• n. A hunt or chase.
• n. A hunting cry.
• v. (transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
• v. (transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
• v. (intransitive) To scurry.

goad

• n. A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
• v. To prod with a goad.
• v. To encourage or stimulate.
• v. To incite or provoke.

harass

• v. To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
• v. To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
• v. To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
• n. (obsolete) devastation; waste.
• n. (obsolete) worry; harassment.

harry

• v. (transitive) To harass, stress, badger, bother; to distress, trouble, or tire with demands, threats, or…
• v. To strip; to lay waste.

hassle

• n. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
• n. A fight or argument.
• n. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
• v. To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
• v. To pick a fight or start an argument.

implement

• n. A tool or instrument for working with.
• v. to bring about; to put into practice.
• v. to carry out; to do.

molest

• v. To annoy intentionally.
• v. To disturb or tamper with.
• v. To sexually abuse, especially a minor.

plague

• n. (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused…
• n. (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
• n. A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
• n. A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
• v. (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
• v. (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

pointer

• n. Anything that points or is used for pointing.
• n. A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading…
• n. A breed of hunting dog.
• n. (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
• n. (computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
• n. A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.).
• n. (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.

prick

• n. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
• n. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
• n. (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
• n. (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
• n. A small pointed object.
• n. The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
• n. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
• n. (slang, pejorative) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
• n. (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
• n. The footprint of a hare.
• n. (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
• n. (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
• v. (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
• v. (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
• v. (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
• v. (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to…
• v. (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
• v. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
• v. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an…
• v. (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular…
• v. (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
• v. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
• v. (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
• v. (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
• v. To aim at a point or mark.
• v. (obsolete) Usually as prick up: to dress; to prink.

prickle

• n. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
• n. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
• n. A kind of willow basket.
• n. (Britain, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
• v. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
• v. (transitive) To cause someone to feel a prickle.

provoke

• v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
• v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
• v. (obsolete) To appeal.

stylus

• n. A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.
• n. A phonograph needle.
• n. A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget.
• n. A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind…
• n. (botany) Synonym of style.