Needle

Needle may refer to:

Crafting

• Knitting needle, a tool for knitting, not as sharp as a sewing needle
• Sewing needle, a long slender tool with a pointed tip
• Upholstery needle, a tool for upholstery, generally thick and curved

Botany

• Pine needle, the adult leaf of a pine tree
• Needle Bush (Vachellia farnesiana)
• Needle Palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix)
• Needle (botany)

Geography

• Cleopatra's Needle, the name of three obelisks in London, Paris, and New York City
• Crestone Needle, a mountain in Colorado, United States
• Needle Mountains, Colorado, United States
• Needle Rocks, Tasmania, Australia
• Needles (Black Hills), a region of granite pillars in South Dakota, United States
• Needles, California, United States
• The Needles, three stacks of chalk off the Isle of Wight, England
• The Needles, a district of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States
• Sewing-Machine Needles, a group of three prominent rock needles near Rancho Point, Deception Island, Shetland Islands

Medicine

• Acupuncture needles
• Hypodermic needle, a hollow needle commonly used with a syringe to inject substances into the body
• Paresthesia, a tingling or numbing sensation commonly known as "pins and needles"
• Surgical needles, various types of needles used for surgical suture
• Tuohy needle, a needle used to administer epidural catheters

Music

• Gramophone needle, used for playing records
• "Needles" (System of a Down song), a 2001 song by System of a Down on the album Toxicity
• "Needle", a song by The Screaming Jets on the album All for One (Screaming Jets album)
• "Needles and Pins", a song by Deftones on Deftones (album)
• The Needles (band), a four-piece band formed in the late 90s

People

• Dan Needles, playwright
• Edward Needles Hallowell (1836–1871), United States Army officer
• Jimmy Needles (1900–1969), American basketball coach

Other uses

• Indicator needle of a measuring instrument
• "Needle", a cheerleading stunt
• Needle (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Needle (film), a 2010 supernatural horror film
• Needle (novel), by Hal Clement
• Needles (horse) (1953–1984), American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse
• Tattoo machine needle
• USS Needle (SP-649), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Needle (module), a Dungeons & Dragons module
• Needles (Amtrak station), a train station in Needles, California, USA

See also

• Microperforation
• Nadel (disambiguation)
• Needle gun (disambiguation)
• Needle valve
• Needlefish (disambiguation)
• The Needler