Meaning of STINGER
| Pronunciation: | | 'stingur
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- [n] a sharp stinging blow
- [n] a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
- [n] a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"
- [n] a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
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| | See Also: | | abuse, aculeus, blow, brandy, cocktail, contumely, creme de menthe, insult, organ, revilement, vilification | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sting"er\, n.
One who, or that which, stings.
Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority
of the medus[ae] of our seas are stingers. --Owen.
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