stinger

IPA: stˈɪŋɝ

Root Word: Stinger

noun

  • (military) The FIM-92 portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.
  • A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
  • Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
  • Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
  • A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
  • A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
  • 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.
  • A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
  • (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
  • (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
  • (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
  • Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
  • (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
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Examples of "stinger" in Sentences

  • Stinger debuted years before as well.
  • There is also a stinger net at the beach.
  • Many are brown with yellow legs and stinger.
  • The ovipositor is often modified into a stinger.
  • They paralyze the spider with a venomous stinger.
  • The Starstreak HMV is streets ahead of the Stinger.
  • Regarded as one of the inventors of the Stinger missile.
  • The stinger formation goes into generations in alternation.
  • These alleviated the Stinger threat but did not eliminate it.
  • It is intended as the sighting mechanism for the Stinger missile.

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