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Webster 1913 Edition


Stinger

Sting′er

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Noun.
One who, or that which, stings.
Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusae of our seas are
stingers
.
Owen.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stinger

STINGER

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Noun.
That which stings, vexes or gives acute pain.

Definition 2024


Stinger

Stinger

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English

Noun

Stinger (plural Stingers)

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

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stinger

See also: Stinger

English

A wasp's stinger with a drop of venom
A US Army soldier deploying a stinger at a vehicle check point in Iraq

Noun

stinger (plural stingers)

  1. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
  2. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
      The thing stopped then and looked at me a moment as much as to say: "Why this thing has a stinger! I must be careful." And then it reached out its long neck and opened its mighty jaws and grabbed for me; but I wasn't there.
  3. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically
  4. a cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe
  5. A device used by police and military forces consisting of a portable bed of nails to puncture car tires.
  6. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
  7. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
  8. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
  9. (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
  10. (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
  11. (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
  12. Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.

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Verb

stinger

  1. present tense of stinga.