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

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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

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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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