stinger

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈstɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/(UK)
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/ˈstɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˈstɪŋ.ɚ/

Definition of stinger

16 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
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noun

  1. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
  2. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
    “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.”
  3. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
  4. A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
  5. A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
  6. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
  7. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
  8. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
  9. (slang)A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
  10. A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
  11. (slang)A final note played at the end of a military march.
  12. (slang)An extension cord.
  13. (West-Country, slang)A stinging nettle.
  14. Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
  15. (slang)An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
  16. The FIM-92 portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.

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