Needle and Scale

Needle

Needle noun - A slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin.

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Scale and needle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Needle".

Nearby Words: needled, needling, needlework

Scale noun - A device for measuring weight.

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Needle and scale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needle" instead a noun "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

old	old needle	old scale
full	full needle	full scale
long	long needle	long scale
certain	certain needle	certain scale
Other adjectives: simple, small, actual, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, gigantic.

A comedic version from The Munsters - when Lily was asked what Herman's weight was, she replied "three spins." When asked for clarification, she said that when he stepped on the scale, the needle spun around three times.

Source: Readings Are Off the Scale
All gas station displays are digital these days (meaning they display values using a series of digits rather than a needle pointing to value on a scale).

Source: Special Effect Failure
A first class Jerk Ass, buries the needle on the cynical side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism vs.

Source: The Chosen One

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