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stinger

[ sting-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that stings.
  2. an animal or plant having a stinging organ.
  3. the sting or stinging organ of an insect or other animal.
  4. Informal. a stinging blow, remark, or the like.
  5. a cocktail made of brandy and crème de menthe.
  6. Stinger, Military. a U.S. Army shoulder-launched, heat-seeking antiaircraft missile with a range of 3 miles (5 kilometers).
  7. British Informal. a highball of whiskey and soda.
  8. Television.
    1. a clip appearing during or after the closing credits of a show or movie:

      The next season’s new cast member appears briefly in the stinger.



Stinger

1

/ ˈɪŋə /

noun

  1. a device, consisting of a long track of raised spikes, laid across a road by police to puncture the tyres of escaping vehicles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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2

/ ˈɪŋə /

noun

  1. a person, plant, animal, etc, that stings or hurts
  2. any marine creature that stings its victims, esp the box jellyfish
  3. Alsostengah a whisky and soda with crushed ice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stinger

/ ĭԲə /

  1. A sharp stinging organ, such as that of a bee, scorpion, or stingray. Stingers usually inject venom.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stinger1

First recorded in 1545–55; sting + -er 1
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Example Sentences

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Kinchens said he suffered a mild stinger Saturday but felt fine.

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“Initially I thought it was someone’s knee hitting mine – it felt like a big stinger,” he tells BBC Sport.

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They followed him for a further six miles until other officers used the stinger to slow him down.

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Moreno said at least 200 stingers were removed from his neck and arms.

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Smaller than scorpions and lacking a stinger and tail, pseudoscorpions live in a range of habitats globally and are associated with a wide variety of parasitic organisms including nematodes.

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