0 past simple and past participle of needle
1 to annoy someone, especially by repeated criticism:
I do not share the view that that can be needled away in some way in the courts.
If we are to get the best brains—and they certainly are needled—we must be prepared to pay for them.
It was distressing to some of us that he should have felt "needled" by something which was said.
I am not needled in the least.
He is not very good in his studies nor pilot training and sometimes get needled because of it.
Today, one former cloth factory makes felts, paper machine clothing and needled felts.
Once in a while, the star is needled into doing a pleasant song...
Needled for not smoking himself (he used to, but had quit), he begins smoking to find solidarity with his flock.
