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.
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.

Origin:
1545–55; sting + -er1

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stinger (ˈstɪŋə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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?
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Example sentences
Otherwise, you can pull out the stinger with tweezers or your fingers, but
  avoid pinching the venom sac at the end of the stinger.
Honey bees leave their stinger in the skin when they sting.
The wasp slips her stinger through the roach's exoskeleton and directly into
  its brain.
Aficionados compare their shape to the lyre and even to the scorpion's arched
  stinger.
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