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Webster 1913 Edition
Stinger
Sting′er
,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
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Stinger
stinger
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See also: Stinger
English
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.
- 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.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically
- a cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe
- A device used by police and military forces consisting of a portable bed of nails to puncture car tires.
- 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.
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
Synonyms
- (device used to puncture car tyres): spike strip
Translations
pointed portion of an insect
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anything that stings mentally or psychologically