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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One that stings, especially an insult, that stings or wounds mentally.
  2. n. A stinging organ or part.
  3. n. A sharp blow.
  4. n. Slang One who participates in or organizes the operation of a sting.
  5. n. A cocktail of crème de menthe and brandy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One who or that which stings, vexes, or gives acute pain.
  2. n. An animal or a plant that stings.
  3. n. The sting of an insect.
  4. n. A biting or cutting remark.
  5. n. A smart, telling blow.
  6. n. An alcoholic drink.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
  2. n. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
  3. n. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically
  4. n. a cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe
  5. n. A device used by the British police force consisting of a portable bed of nails to puncture car tires.
  6. n. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
  7. n. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
  8. n. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
  9. n. slang A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
  10. n. slang A final note played at the end of a military march.
  11. n. slang An extension cord.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One who, or that which, stings.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
  2. n. a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
  3. n. a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
  4. n. a remark capable of wounding mentally
  5. n. a sharp stinging blow

Etymologies

  1. sting +‎ -er (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The other thing was what I called the stinger bucket.”

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

  • “Cornell Driessen, the trainer who helped revive him for his second round, said: "That's what they call a stinger.”

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

  • “If the stinger is present, remove it by gently scraping over the area with a straight-edged object, i.e., a credit card, butter knife, etc.”

    Sting Things

  • “Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back.”

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  • “A Bee's stinger is less than 1/16th of an inch in length .... the other 2 feet is imagination!”

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  • “Texas tailback Cedric Benson, who set a school freshman record with 1,053 yards, didn't play because of a stinger from the loss to Colorado.”

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  • “He chose the foremost of the three, and found it quite as ill-tasting as the other had been; but this time he didn't spit it out, for the stinger was a little too quick for him, and before he could let go it was fast in his lip.”

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  • “The Jets dodged another serious injury when Nick Mangold, the All-Pro center who sustained what the team called a stinger in a collision during a goal-line scrimmage Thursday, was cleared Friday to resume individual drills.”

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  • “Up here in northern Queensland it's now what's called the stinger season.”

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  • reesetee According to Mental Floss, an "extra" that appears after the closing credits of a movie. You can find a bunch here. Aug 23, 2010

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