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Meaning
Noun
●
In Military:
The FIM-92
portable
infra-red
homing
surface-to-air
missile.
●
In Television:
A
pointed
portion
of an
insect
or
arachnid
used for attack.
●
In Television:
Anything that
is used to
sting
, as a means of attack.
●
Anything, such as an
insult
, that
stings
mentally
or psychologically.
●
In Cocktails:
A
cocktail
of
brandy
and
crème
de menthe.
●
A
portable
bed of nails
to
puncture
car
tires
, used by
police
and
military
forces.
●
A
minor
neurological
injury
of the
spine
characterized
by a
shooting
or
stinging
pain
down one
arm
,
followed by
numbness
and weakness.
●
A
station
identifier
on television
or
radio
played
between shows.
●
A
scene
shown on
films
or
television shows
after the credits.
●
A
nonlethal
grenade
using
rubber
instead of
shrapnel
, more
commonly
called a
sting
grenade
.
●
A
short
musical
phrase
or
chord
used non-diegetically to
dramatic
or
emphatic
effect.
●
A
final
note
played at
the
end of
a
military
march.
●
In Cnidarians & Television:
An
extension
cord.
●
In Bristolian English, West Country English, Nettle family plants & Television:
A
stinging
nettle.
●
In Television:
Chironex fleckeri, an
extremely
venomous
Australian
box
jellyfish.
●
An
improvised
heating
element
used to
boil
or
heat
water in prison.
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Origin
stinger
English
-er
English
-er
Middle English (1100-1500)
-eren
Middle English (1100-1500)
-or
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
sting
English
sting
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
stingan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
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Rhymes
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Pinger
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Humdinger
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