Answer: needling

AnswerCrossword Clue
NEEDLINGTaunts and such
NEEDLINGLocker room exchange
NEEDLINGRoast repartee
NEEDLINGTeasing
NEEDLINGSome provocation
NEEDLINGBadgering
needlingProvoke or annoy (someone), esp. by continual criticism or questioning
needlingPrick or pierce (something) with or as if with a needle
needlingthe act of one who needles (to sew with a slender, pointed instrument)