stinger

[sting-er]

sting·er

[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.
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6.
(initial capital letter) Military. a U.S. Army shoulder-launched, heat-seeking antiaircraft missile, with a range of 3 miles (5 km).
7.
British Informal. a highball of whiskey and soda.
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Origin:
1545–55; sting + -er1
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Stinger is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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World English Dictionary
stinger (ˈstɪŋə)
 
n
1.  a person, plant, animal, etc, that stings or hurts
2.  (Austral) any marine creature that stings its victims, esp the box jellyfish
3.  Also: stengah a whisky and soda with crushed ice

Stinger (ˈstɪŋə)
 
n
trademark a device, consisting of a long track of raised spikes, laid across a road by police to puncture the tyres of escaping vehicles

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Science Dictionary
stinger   (stĭng'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
A sharp stinging organ, such as that of a bee, scorpion, or stingray. Stingers usually inject venom.
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Slang Dictionary

stinger definition


  1. n.
    the drawback; the catch; the hitch. : Sounds good, but what's the stinger?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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