Friday, 22 July 2011

‘needle someone’

When you needle someone, you are trying to annoy or irritate him/her by making unkind remarks.

Examples: Raju enjoys needling his neighbour about her accent. * The students succeeded in needling the new teacher. * I will keep needling my boss till he gives me a raise.

Source: ‘Know Your English’ ( The Hindu) – April 24, 2006

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