Definitions for stingers

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stingers sting·er

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IPA: /ˈstɪŋ ər/

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

You can make 308 anagrams from letters in stingers (eginrsst).

Definitions for stingers

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 stingers

First recorded in 1545-55; sting + -er¹

Examples for stingers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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