stinger

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  1. noun One that stings, especially an insult, that stings or wounds mentally.
  2. noun A stinging organ or part.
  3. noun A sharp blow.
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  • I still had the stinger, and I swung round low from trying to undo the bolt and wrapped it round his legs. —  Whip Hand
  • Neatly severed by the stinger, a large branch tumbled from a nearby tree. —  The False Mirror
  • Their -- their -- the stinger is really a defensive weapon. —  CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2006
  • Your stinger will be there, but there are a few others that are pretty funny, too. —  Satellite News
  • 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. —  Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from sting + -er.
  2. Compare stingo. Prob. from sting, v., + -er; but a Malay origin (satenga, s'tenga, half, i. e., ‘half-and-half’) has been suggested.
 

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