needle
n 1 sindano; (packing) shazia, (magnetic) dira thread a ~ tunga sindano. look for a ~ in a haystack (prov) tafuta kitu kisichoweza kupatikana/kuonekana. as sharp as a ~ -enye akili kali, epesi. ~ woman n mshonaji (mwanamke). ~craft/work n ushonaji. 2 (of wood etc) kipande chembamba. 3 majani ya msonobari. 4 (of mountain etc) ncha. 5 (of record player) sindano. 6 the ~ n (sl) mhemko give somebody the ~ chokoza. vt 1 shona. 2 (fig) chokoza.