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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy;

2. a remark capable of wounding mentally;
- Example: "the unkindest cut of all"
[syn: stinger, 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;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stinger \Sting"er\, n. One who, or that which, stings. [1913 Webster] Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusae of our seas are stingers. --Owen. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stinger n 1: a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy 2: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger, 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