Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
thread-needle .
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Examples
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My best guess now is that we see more rain than snow in the D.C. area because another thread-the-needle storm track and timing are needed for us to get a significant snowstorm.
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Favre still makes some of the most spectacular throws the game has ever seen, his game-winning, thread-the-needle strike to beat the San Francisco 49ers last season the most recent example.
All-star squad: The best 53-man roster of NFL's past 10 years 2010
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He's very smart and smooth with the puck, finding open linemates with thread-the-needle passes.
After top prospects Hall, Seguin, draft will be one giant jumble 2010
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It seems odd to call it selfish, though, since what sticks me is a thread-the-needle pass that he made that led to another player's goal.
Sports announcers beyond borders, or, a new nickname for the U.S. soccer team Peter Rozovsky 2010
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He got the school record for career passing yards with a 15-yard completion to Adam James and a moment later made it 24-14 with a thread-the-needle 15-yard strike to Leong, who made the catch in double coverage and twisted into the corner of the end zone.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Purcell, who drew the penalty, got the puck from Alexander Frolov along the goal line to the left of the net and set up Stoll's short one-timer with a thread-the-needle pass through the crease.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Names like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin continue to inch into crossover territory with each impossible deke, thread-the-needle pass and goal.
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Weight added his sixth goal at 5: 13 of the period after getting a thread-the-needle pass from Martin Rucinsky that went through defenseman Sean O'Donnell's legs.
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PINKWATER: (Reading) Or playing thread-the-needle around the piers.
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And when old Fezziwig and Mrs. Fezziwig had gone all through the dance; advance and retire, both hands to your partner, bow and curtsey, corkscrew, thread-the-needle, and back again to your place; Fezziwig “cut” – cut so deftly, that he appeared to wink with his legs, and came upon his feet again without a stagger.
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