to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
cocky and cheeky
A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
A small island; an islet.
A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
Any very short distance.
A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.
Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
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.
The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.