Dog and Needle

Dog

Dog verb - To subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders.
Usage example: tired of constantly having to dog their son about cleaning his room

Needle and dog are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needle" instead a verb "Dog".

Nearby Words: doghouse, doggy, doge

Needle

Needle verb - To attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults.
Usage example: we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl

Dog and needle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dog" instead a verb "Needle".

Nearby Words: needled, needling, needlework

How words are described

old old dog old needle
ordinary ordinary dog ordinary needle
simple simple dog simple needle
small small dog small needle
Other adjectives: actual, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, wrong, little, tiny, infected, young, white, hot, last, literal, giant, magical.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / Smosh In one part of the video, Batman tries to give an injection to a rabid dog, but apparently winds up killing himself with the needle.
  • Spiders Are Scary They were about the size of a small dog and had huge mouths filled with needle-like fangs.
  • Cyanide Pill U2 pilot Gary Powers had a suicide needle, concealed inside a fake silver dollar; upon his capture, the KGB tested it on a dog; it died instantly.
    Source: Cyanide Pill
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