Stinger

Definition: Stinger

Stinger

Noun

1. Made of creme de menthe and brandy.

2. A remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all".

3. A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland.

4. A sharp stinging blow.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stinger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)

Mining

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Stinger

Crosswords: Stinger

Vodka stinger with a whiskey back and step on it. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

And this, I'm particularly proud of - behind the headlights, stinger missiles! (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France)

The Stinger Stung (1917)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Lucent Announces Stinger MRT and Stinger FS+ [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Official Blue Stinger Strategy Guide (reference)

• Stinger (reference)

• Stinger (Stony Man, No 18) (reference)

• Stinger Missile Conspiracy: A Tragedy Waiting to Happen (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Stinger (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Blue Stinger (reference)

• Gravis G43011 Stinger Laptop Game Pad US (reference)

• PC Concepts Stinger Firestick - Black 2 High Speed Turbo Fire Buttons (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger Metal Detector (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

Also, through a cooperative agreement with the USG, U.S. defense contractors and the China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC), seven PFG-2 frigates have been constructed, with an 8th ship to begin construction in 2001. The PFG-2 is virtually identical to the Perry Class FFG-7 in use in the U.S Navy. Taiwan's Army (TA) and Air Force have purchased from the United States AH-1W and OH-58D helicopters, Patriot-based air-defense missile systems, Avenger and Dual Mounted Stinger surface-to-air missiles, TOW anti-tank missile systems, Harpoon, advanced targeting and radar systems for fighter jets, electronic warfare devices, and M60A3 tanks. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "stinger": Horse stinger. Additional references.

Albanian

thumb (clapper, cleat, dart, nipple, Pike, sneer, Spike, sting, tack, taunt, tongue of bell, wisecrack), insekt thumbues, goditje e fortë (oner, slog, slug, smacker, snifter, staggerer, swat, swinger, swipe, thump, wallop). (various references)

Bulgarian 

силен удар (biff, clip, lick, plunk, slog, slosh, smacker, smasher, sock, swipe, thump, wallop, welt, welter, whammy, whang, whop), вид коктейл (old fashioned, sidecar, zombie), остра забележка (fling), жило (dart, head, sting). (various references)

Chinese 

有刺的动物. (various references)

Danish

neden for brodden(stinger)haenger roeret frit ned til havbunden i,hvad der kaldes et underbend (beyond the stinger, the pipe is freely suspended to the sea bottom in what is called the sagbend). (various references)

Dutch

voorbij de pijphelling hangt de pijp vrij naar de zeebodem af in wat de doorhang wordt genoemd (beyond the stinger, the pipe is freely suspended to the sea bottom in what is called the sagbend), een pijphelling steunt de pijp op weg naar de zeebodem en deze helling-stinger of stekel genaamd wegens de overeenkomst met de gifstekel op het achterlijf van een schorpioen -heeft tanks waarvan het drijfvermogen vanaf het lichterdek wordt geregeld, zod (and this ramp -called the stinger, because it resembles the sting in a scorpion's tail- has buoyancy tanks controlled from the deck of the barge, so that the slope of the steel pipe can be adjusted to keep it from bending too much as it leaves the barge or settles on the sea floor), de te ver doorbuigende pijplengte tussen het horizontale lichterdek en het tegenbuigingspunt wordt door rollen op de lichter en de pijphelling ondersteund (is supported by rollers on the barge and stinger, that length of pipe between the horizontal barge deck and the point of counter-flexure, the overbend). (various references)

French

l'"overbend",cette longueur amont de tube allant de la partie horizontale sur le pont de la barge de pose au point d'inflexion ou de changement de courbure,est supportée au moyen de rouleaux sur la barge et sur le stinger(l'élinde). (various references)

German

Schlag (apoplectic fit, ball, bang, bash, beat, belt, bent, blow, bolt, buffet, chime, chop, clap, clout, clump, cosh, coup, cuff, fit, helping, hit, kick, kind, knock, lash, Pat, pelt, percussion, poke, pulsation, punch, putt, seizure, shock, shot, slap, smack, smash, sock, sort, strike, stripe, stroke, stroke of apoplexy, swat, tack, tap, thud, thump, thwack, type, wallop). (various references)

Greek 

κεντών (pricker, prodder), τρυπών. (various references)

Hebrew 

מכ�" כואבת, � שכן (biter). (various references)

Hungarian

fájdalmas ütés (stinging blow), whisky szódával, szúrós növény, szúrós állat, pohár pálinka, fájdalmas szúrás, csípős megjegyzés (click of the tongue, cutting remark, dig, fling, kicker, quip, quirk), csípős állat. (various references)

Italian

l'"overbend",cioè la lunghezza di tubo fra il ponte orizzontale della chiatta posatubi e il punto di controflessione,è sostenuta da rulli sulla chiatta e sulla rampa di scivolo esterna(stinger). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ステアリン酸 (dance step, stacker, state, status, steal, stearic acid, Stegodon, Stegosaurus, step, step-by-step, stepfamily, steppe, stepping, steps, stick, sticker, stitch, thingirl). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スティンガー . (various references)

Manx

guinneyder (greater weaver, painer), gahder. (various references)

Pig Latin

ingerstay

Portuguese

pancada (bang, bash, bat, biff, blow, bob, bop, clout, crack, cram, dint, drub, flaw, flick, knock, lick, milling, pelt, plunk, shock, smacker, strike, stroke, swat, tit), observação sarcástica (quip, quirk), mordacidade (acridity, bitterness, mordacity, poignancy, pungency, sarcasm, virulence), animal com ferrão. (various references)

Russian 

жало (dart, sting). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zajedljiva primedba (taunt), vrsta koktela (screwdriver, whisky sour), žaoka (piercer, prick, sting). (various references)

Spanish

aguijón (goad, prickle, prod, sting). (various references)

Turkish

sokan hayvan, kırıcı söz (lash of one's tongue), incitici davranış (disservice), iğne (brooch, injection, jab, needle, pin, pintle, pointer, prick, shot, spicule, spine, sting), içe oturan söz, arı iğnesi, ısırgan out (stinging nettle). (various references)

Ukrainian

різкий удар (yank), рослина, що жалить, комаха, що жалить, жало (dart, sting). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật để chích, người chích, người châm, ngòi (sting, stung). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "stinger": stingers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Stinger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ittingen, Ottinger, Schneer, Shteingel, stanger, stiener, stiger, stinge, stinges, stingey, stingo, tutzinger. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: resting.

-1 letter: engirt, estrin, inerts, ingest, insert, inters, niters, nitres, reigns, renigs, resign, sering, signer, signet, singer, sinter, string, tigers, tinges, triens, trines.

-2 letters: gents, girns, girts, grins, grist, grits, inert, inset, inter, neist, nerts, niter, nites, nitre, reign, reins, renig, rents, resin, rings, rinse, risen, rites, segni, sengi, senti, serin, singe, siren, stein.

+1 letter: angriest, astringe, cresting, ganister, gantries, genitors, gentries, gitterns, granites, igniters, ingrates, integers, rangiest, reesting, resiting, restring, ringlets, steering, sterling, stingers, stingier, strewing, stringed, stringer, tinglers, trigness, wresting.

+2 letters: agentries, arresting, asserting, astringed, astringes, breasting, brightens, centrings, corseting, crestings, deserting, emigrants, escorting, estraying, exserting, festering, foresting, fostering, frightens, fringiest, ganisters, gannister, gauntries, genitures, gentrices, gesturing, gnarliest, gradients, grainiest, gratinees, greeniest, greetings, grievants, grungiest, hungriest, ingathers, inserting, insurgent, integrals, intrigues, lustering, mastering, mustering, nitrogens, orangiest, oystering, pestering, priesting, progestin, recasting, regiments, reignites, relisting, renesting, repasting, reseating, resecting, resenting, resetting, resifting, resisting, resitting, reslating, resorting, respiting, restaging, restating, restoking, restoring, restrings, restyling, resulting, retasting, retesting, revesting, rightness, russeting, sceptring, secreting, sectoring, seriating, serrating, signature, sintering, sistering, sortieing, stereoing, sterlings, stingaree, streaking, streaming, streeking, streeling, stressing, stringent, stringers, stringier, synergist, threshing, trapesing, triangles, vesturing, vintagers, waterings, westering, wrestling.