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How to pronounce “needle”

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Pronunciation guide for needle

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of needle with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Mark Kendall: Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper 13 minutes, 51 secondsthe birthplace of the needle and syringe.
Definition summary: A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.

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Mark Kendall: Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper 13 minutes, 51 seconds

the birthplace of the needle and syringe.

[Noun]
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
(informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
(informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
(programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
(gymnastics) A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
[Verb]
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
(transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
(ambitransitive) To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.