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Definition of Stinger

1. Noun. A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy.

2. Noun. A remark capable of wounding mentally. "The unkindest cut of all"

3. Noun. A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder.

4. Noun. A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland.

5. Noun. A sharp stinging blow.

Definition of Stinger

1. n. One who, or that which, stings.

Definition of Stinger

1. Noun. a portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile ¹

2. Noun. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. ¹

3. Noun. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack. ¹

4. Noun. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically ¹

5. Noun. a cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe ¹

6. Noun. A device used by the British police force consisting of a portable bed of nails to puncture car tires. ¹

7. Noun. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness. ¹

8. Noun. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows. ¹

9. Noun. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits. ¹

10. Noun. (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade. ¹

11. Noun. (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march. ¹

12. Noun. (slang television and film) An extension cord. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stinger

1. one that stings [n -S] - See also: stings

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinger

stimulus stimulus generalisation stimulus generalization stimulus package stimulus packages stimy stimying sting sting like a bee sting operation

stingaree stingaree-bush stingarees stingbull stinged stinger (current term) stingerless stingers stingfish stingfishes

stingier stingiest stingily stinginess stinginesses stinging stinging hair stinging nettle stingingly stingings

Literary usage of Stinger

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1. Reynard the Fox by John Masefield (1920)
""A stinger, this." "You're right in that; by Jove it is." "An up-wind travelling fox, by George." "They say Tom viewed him at the forge. ..."

2. When Kansas was Young by Thomas Allen McNeal (1922)
"The stinger Stung One day in the later eighties a man of decidedly bucolic appearance walked into one of the fashionable New York hotels and registered as ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court at Indianapolis by Indiana Superior Court, Oliver Morris Wilson (1875)
"stinger, 34 Ind.; Hancock v. Hazzard et al, 12 Cushing, 112; United States v. Prescott, 3 How., 578, and other authorities. The point decided in Halbert v. ..."

4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1866)
"... was still considered as "maintaining its ground," as was also the "stinger," a variety exhibited last year as the "Union," but which name has been ..."

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