Goad
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To prod with a goad; to encourage, stimulate, incite or provoke.
Needle
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.A weapon used in ancient China, and today by Shaolin monks.The death penalty carried out by lethal injection
Example sentence: There's, like, a dark needle or a nail that lives at the back of all of our heads, and that's your fear.