noun
Meaning 1
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sting
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stinger
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈstɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/
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General-American: /ˈstɪŋ.ɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪŋə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S T IH1 NG ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
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noun
Meaning 3
Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
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noun
Meaning 4
A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
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noun
Meaning 5
A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: spike strip
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
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noun
Meaning 7
A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
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noun
Meaning 8
A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
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noun
Meaning 9
A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 10
A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
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noun
Meaning 11
A final note played at the end of a military march.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 12
An extension cord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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noun
Meaning 13
A stinging nettle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: West-Country, slang
Qualifier: Bristol
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noun
Meaning 14
Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
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noun
Meaning 15
An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 16
The FIM-92 portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 17
a sharp stinging blow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blow
noun
Meaning 18
a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organ
Narrower terms: aculeus
noun
Meaning 19
a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: heat-seeking missile, surface-to-air missile, SAM
noun
Meaning 20
a remark capable of wounding mentally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the unkindest cut of all
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification
noun
Meaning 21
a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cocktail
History
Etymology
From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: thumb — pointed portion of an insect
- Southern Altai: чагак (čagak) — pointed portion of an insect
- Armenian: խայթոց (xaytʻocʻ) — pointed portion of an insect
- Armenian: խայթ (xaytʻ) — pointed portion of an insect
- Azerbaijani: neştər — pointed portion of an insect
- Bashkir: ҡаяу (qayaw) — pointed portion of an insect
- Belarusian: джа́ла (džála) — pointed portion of an insect
- Bulgarian: жи́ло (žílo) — pointed portion of an insect
- Catalan: fibló — pointed portion of an insect
- Catalan: agulló — pointed portion of an insect
- Chinese Mandarin: 刺 (cì) — pointed portion of an insect
- Chinese Mandarin: 毒刺 (dúcì) — pointed portion of an insect
- Czech: žihadlo — pointed portion of an insect
- Esperanto: pikilo — pointed portion of an insect
- Finnish: pistin — pointed portion of an insect
- French: aiguillon — pointed portion of an insect
- French: dard — pointed portion of an insect
- Galician: ferrete — pointed portion of an insect
- Galician: aguillón — pointed portion of an insect
- Galician: ferrón — pointed portion of an insect
- Georgian: ნესტარი (nesṭari) — pointed portion of an insect
- German: Stachel — pointed portion of an insect
- Greek: κεντρί (kentrí) — pointed portion of an insect
- Ancient Greek: κέντρον (kéntron) — pointed portion of an insect
- Greenlandic: iguut — pointed portion of an insect
- Hebrew: עוקץ (‘óqetz) — pointed portion of an insect
- Hungarian: fullánk — pointed portion of an insect
- Icelandic: broddur — pointed portion of an insect
- Ingrian: neegla — pointed portion of an insect
- Italian: aculeo — pointed portion of an insect
- Italian: pungiglione — pointed portion of an insect
- Japanese: 針 (hari) — pointed portion of an insect
- Japanese: 毒針 (dokubari) — pointed portion of an insect
- Kalmyk: хатхур (xatxur) — pointed portion of an insect
- Kayapó: tey — pointed portion of an insect
- Kazakh: шаншар (şanşar) — pointed portion of an insect
- Latin: aculeus — pointed portion of an insect
- Latvian: dzelonis — pointed portion of an insect
- Lithuanian: geluonis — pointed portion of an insect
- Macedonian: осило (osilo) — pointed portion of an insect
- Macedonian: жило (žilo) — pointed portion of an insect
- Navajo: azǫ́ǫ́z — pointed portion of an insect
- Norwegian: brodd — pointed portion of an insect
- Persian: نیش (niš) — pointed portion of an insect
- Polish: żądło — pointed portion of an insect
- Portuguese: ferrão — pointed portion of an insect
- Portuguese: aguilhão — pointed portion of an insect
- Romanian: ac — pointed portion of an insect
- Russian: жа́ло (žálo) — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: жаока — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: жалац — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: бодља — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: бодљика — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: боцка — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: žaoka — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: žalac — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: bodlja — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: bodljika — pointed portion of an insect
- Serbo-Croatian: bocka — pointed portion of an insect
- Slovak: žihadlo — pointed portion of an insect
- Slovene: želo — pointed portion of an insect
- Spanish: aguijón — pointed portion of an insect
- Spanish: lanceta — pointed portion of an insect
- Swedish: gadd — pointed portion of an insect
- Tagalog: asir — pointed portion of an insect
- Thai: เหล็กใน (lèk-nai) — pointed portion of an insect
- Turkish: iğne — pointed portion of an insect
- Ottoman Turkish: آری دیكنی (arı dikeni) — pointed portion of an insect
- Ottoman Turkish: ایكنه (iğne) — pointed portion of an insect
- Ottoman Turkish: ابره (ibre) — pointed portion of an insect
- Ukrainian: жа́ло (žálo) — pointed portion of an insect
- Vietnamese: ngòi — pointed portion of an insect
- Welsh: colyn — pointed portion of an insect
- Yiddish: שטאָך (shtokh) — pointed portion of an insect
- Italian: frecciata — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Italian: stoccata — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Italian: provocazione — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Japanese: いやみ (iyami) — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Māori: hoto — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Portuguese: insulto — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Portuguese: provocação — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Serbo-Croatian: žalac — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Serbo-Croatian: bodlja — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Serbo-Croatian: bodljika — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Serbo-Croatian: drača — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Serbo-Croatian: griža — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Welsh: atgno — anything that stings mentally or psychologically
- Russian: Стингер (Stinger) — portable surface-to-air missile