needle, v.
(needled, needles, needling)
freq. cnt. 1
(needled, needles, needling)
freq. cnt. 1
annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
goad needle
sample sentences
"He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
prick with a needle
<verb.contact>
needle
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form