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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Word of the Day

23 May 2025

THOUGHTFULLY

(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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