[
  {
    "word": "needle",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/needle-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75833890",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8ni\u02d0.dl/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8ni\u02d0.dl/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/needle-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=727473",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to needle crystals"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "goad",
          "tease"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/needle"
    ]
  }
]