stinger
NounUS[sting-er]/ˈstɪŋɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms:
cut
Open English WordNet
Noun (5)stingers
- a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulderType of surface-to-air missile, heat-seeking missile
- a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandyType of cocktailMade of brandy, creme de menthe
- a remark capable of wounding mentally“the unkindest cut of all”Synonyms: cutType of abuse, insult
- a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison glandType of organKinds aculeus
- a sharp stinging blowType of blow
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sting′er noun
One who, or that which, stings.
Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusae of our seas are stingers.— Richard Owen
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54