needle

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.

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

A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.

A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.

A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.

The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

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.