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Stinger   /stˈɪŋər/   Listen
Stinger

noun
1.
A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy.
2.
A remark capable of wounding mentally.  Synonym: cut.
3.
A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder.
4.
A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland.
5.
A sharp stinging blow.





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"Stinger" Quotes from Famous Books



... foe, the deadlier, and the only creature that really affects the whole mosquito nation is apparently a small red parasite that became more and more numerous as the season wore on. It appeared in red lumps on the bill and various parts of the stinger's body, and the victim became very sluggish. Specimens sent to Dr. L. 0. Howard, the authority on mosquitoes, elicited the information that it was a fungus, probably new to science. But evidently it is deadly to the Culex. ...
— The Arctic Prairies • Ernest Thompson Seton
... parched tongue, and glazed eyes. He scooped water with his tail, and poured it over his torn jaw. And then he said to his progeny, "Children, let this be a warning to you. Never rise to but one grub at a time. Three is too good to be true! There is always a stinger in their midst." And the Black Bass ruefully shook his sore ...
— At the Foot of the Rainbow • Gene Stratton-Porter
... of a military tank, sans heavy armament. But even a small stinger was part of the patrol car equipment. As for armament, Beulah had weapons to meet every conceivable skirmish in the deadly battle to keep Continental Thruways fast-moving and safe. Her own two-hundred-fifty-ton bulk could reach speeds of close to six hundred miles an ...
— Code Three • Rick Raphael
... softly. "But do not stay long. An hour at the longest. If you are not back in that length of time, we'll come after you, and whatever else may happen, you can be sure that you will be well avenged. The Ertak has not lost her stinger." ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 • Various


Words linked to "Stinger" :   aculeus, heat-seeking missile, brandy, creme de menthe, cut, surface-to-air missile, vilification, contumely, SAM, abuse, blow, cocktail, organ, sting, insult, revilement


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