Needle

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Needle may refer to:

Crafting

• Crochet needle, a tool for making loops in thread or yarn
• Knitting needle, a tool for knitting, not as sharp as a sewing needle
• Sewing needle, a long slender tool with a pointed tip
• Trussing needle, a long slender tool, sometimes with a flattened point, to tie poultry for cooking
• Upholstery needle, a tool for upholstery, generally thick and curved

Science and technology

Botany

• Needle (botany), of conifers

Medicine

• Acupuncture needle, in alternative medicine
• Hypodermic needle, a hollow needle commonly used with a syringe to inject fluid into or extract fluid from the body
• Surgical needle, several types of needles used for surgical suture
• Tuohy needle, a needle used to administer epidural catheters

Technology

• Gramophone needle, used for playing records
• Indicator needle, of a measuring instrument
• Needle valve

People

• Dave Needle (1947–2016), American engineer
• Sharon Needles (born 1981), American drag queen

Places

• Needle Rocks, Tasmania, Australia
• The Needle, Orkney, a sea stack on the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland
• Needle Mountains, Colorado, United States
• Needles (Black Hills), a region of granite pillars in South Dakota, United States
• Needles, California, United States
• L'Aiguille ("the Needle"), part of a chalk formation in Étretat, France

Arts and entertainment

Film

• Needle (1990 film), a television film by Jimmy McGovern
• Needle (2010 film), a supernatural horror film
• The Needle (1988 film), a Soviet film starring Viktor Tsoi

Music

• Needle (band), an American industrial rock band
• "Needle" (song), by Nicki Minaj featuring Drake
• "Needle", a song on the album All for One by The Screaming Jets
• "Needle", a song on the album Birthmarks by Born Ruffians

Other arts and entertainment

• Needle (novel), by Hal Clement
• Needle (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Needle (module), a 1987 Dungeons & Dragons module

Other uses

• USS Needle (SP-649), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Needle, a cheerleading stunt

See also

• The Needles (disambiguation)
• Space Needle (disambiguation)
• Needle gun (disambiguation)
• Needlefish (disambiguation)
• Needler (disambiguation)

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