Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
STINGER
stinger
(noun) a sharp stinging blow
stinger
(noun) a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
Stinger
(noun) a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
stinger, cut
(noun) a remark capable of wounding mentally; “the unkindest cut of all”
stinger
(noun) a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stinger (plural stingers)
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
(slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
(slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
(slang, television and film) An extension cord.
(slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
Synonyms
• (device used to puncture car tyres): spike strip
Anagrams
• Ginters, Tigners, Tsering, resting, ringest, tingers
Noun
Stinger (plural Stingers)
a portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile
Anagrams
• Ginters, Tigners, Tsering, resting, ringest, tingers
Source: Wiktionary
Sting"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, stings. Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusæ of our seas are stingers. Owen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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