stinger
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/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
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
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noun
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
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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.”
- 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)An extension cord.
- (West-Country, slang)A stinging nettle.
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- (slang)An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- 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.
Words you can make from stinger
178 playable · top: RESTING (8 pts)
Best play resting 8 points6-letter words
23 words5-letter words
45 words- GENTS 6 pts
- GIRNS 6 pts
- GIRTS 6 pts
- GITES 6 pts
- GRINS 6 pts
- GRIST 6 pts
- GRITS 6 pts
- REIGN 6 pts
- RENIG 6 pts
- RINGS 6 pts
- SEGNI 6 pts
- SENGI 6 pts
- SINGE 6 pts
- STING 6 pts
- TIGER 6 pts
- TINGE 6 pts
- TINGS 6 pts
- TRIGS 6 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NERTS 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- REINS 5 pts
- RENTS 5 pts
- RESIN 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RINSE 5 pts
- RISEN 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- SERIN 5 pts
- SIREN 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- STERN 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TERNS 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- EGIS 5 pts
- ENGS 5 pts
- ERGS 5 pts
- GENS 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GINS 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GIST 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GITS 5 pts
- GRIN 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- NEGS 5 pts
- REGS 5 pts
- RIGS 5 pts
- RING 5 pts
- SIGN 5 pts
- SING 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- TING 5 pts
- TRIG 5 pts
- ERNS 4 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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