Get
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
Common collocations
| people | get people | needle people |
Cite this Source
Needle and Get. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/get/needle
Get & Needle. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/get/needle>.
Needle or Get. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/get/needle.
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