needle artistn.
/ˈniːdl ˌɑːtɪst/, U.S. /ˈnid(ə)l ˌɑrdəst/ U.S.
1. slang. A drug user who administers drugs hypodermically.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict
head1856
narcotist1860
drugger1870
drug fiend1873
druggard1882
narcomaniac1888
dope-fiend1896
addict1899
dopehead1901
hypo1904
drug addict1905
drug abuser1915
junker1922
junkie1923
hype1924
needle artist1925
needleman1925
schmecker1931
dope-addict1933
ad1938
dopester1938
narco1958
pillhead1962
druggie1966
freak1967
drugster1970
1925 Writer's Monthly June 487 Needle-Artist, a drug addict who used a hypodermic needle with which to take his drugs.
1990 G. Lee China Boy 219 Too early for the hookers, too late for the needle artists and just right for the Tokay crowd.
2. slang. A person who deliberately goads or provokes others. Cf. needle v. 4b.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating > cause of irritation > one who or that which irritates
fly?c1225
terrer1382
prickc1384
taryerc1440
stub1531
provokera1542
a mote in the eye1546
annoying1566
nettler1611
gadfly1622
flea-biter1629
exasperator1632
badgerer?1791
irritator1855
needler1874
nagger1881
holy terror1883
knob1920
jerkface1942
needle artist1982
d-bag1984
knob-end1989
hater1996
1982 D. M. Hayano Poker Face 56 Targets for the barbs thrown by needlers, or ‘needle artists’.
1989 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 31 Aug. 3 c Your husband..sounds like a needle artist to me. Tune him out when he starts to act precious.
1994 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 7 Apr. 2 c Anyone who would ask you such a question is an ignoramus or a needle artist—or both.
3. A person adept at embroidery.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > one who
broiderer1388
embroiderer1413
brawdsterc1450
browdsterc1450
brusar1474
browdinster1561
embroider1609
embroideress1723
clocker1898
needle artist1986
1986 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 9 Feb. 11 About eight years ago, the needle artist was listening to a cantor singing as she stitched and knitted.
2001 Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) (Nexis) 11 Aug. d1 Many of them will be accomplished cross-stitchers, embroiderers and lacemakers who will take classes and gather autographs from nationally known needle artists and designers.
4. slang. A tattooist.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > one who tattoos
tattooer1789
tattooist1894
body artist1967
needle artist1986
1986 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 21 Nov. Only once has Ohwada, himself a needle artist, researcher and collector of old woodblock prints on the subject, put his tattoo art collection on public display.
1990 Washington Times (Nexis) 11 May b1 It's as if I have been tattooed and dare not let anyone see what the needle artist has done to my skin.
1994 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 14 Aug. 15 g Lyle Tuttle is a needle artist extraordinaire with a tattoo parlour that houses the Tattoo Museum in San Francisco.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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