Definitions for stinger

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stinger sting·er

Spelling: [sting-er]

IPA: /ˈstɪŋ ər/

Stinger is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in stinger (eginrst).

Definitions for stinger

noun

1. a person or thing that stings.
2. an animal or plant having a stinging organ.
3. the sting or stinging organ of an insect or other animal.
4. Informal. a stinging blow, remark, or the like.
5. a cocktail made of brandy and crème de menthe.
6. (initial capital letter) Military. a U.S. Army shoulder-launched, heat-seeking antiaircraft missile, with a range of 3 miles (5 km).
7. British Informal. a highball of whiskey and soda.

Origin of stinger

First recorded in 1545-55; sting + -er¹

Examples for stinger

There was no rumble on the stinger, only a baggage rack and boot.

“Certain weapons like stinger missiles are extremely hard to control once they are transferred,” he said.

The nose—as anyone knows who ever has received a stinger from an errant baseball—has countless pain fibers.

I expect a stinger by this post; but I shall not open it till after the match.

He shot them both and then killed the stinger that was pecking at his shins.

We are having it mild, so the chances are that they have got a stinger.

As it was, I got a stinger in my tongue, which soon began to swell.

It sized up like a bad case of bee bite with me at the wrong end of the stinger.

My word, it was a stinger—just like as if twenty thousand wasps was at you.

He looked at it so closely that he did not miss even the stinger.