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How to pronounce stinger in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cut
Type of vilification, contumely, insult, revilement, abuse
Derivation sting
Type Words
Type of cocktail
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Type of heat-seeking missile, sam, surface-to-air missile
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Type of organ
Has types aculeus
Derivation sting
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Type of blow
Derivation sting

Examples of stinger

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Starting center David Baas suffered a stinger on his right side during practice.
From the sacbee.com
Matthews, one of four team captains, had a stinger last week against Vanderbilt.
From the thestate.com
Fullback Brandon Miree is out indefinitely with a stinger and Achilles'injuries.
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Stinger missiles don't come cheap and American arms companies are not charities.
From the guardian.co.uk
Safety Chris Harris suffered a stinger near the end of the regular-season finale.
From the dailyherald.com
Do not squeeze the stinger, since this will cause more venom to go into the skin.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Blazers'top playmaker is still questionable after suffering a Week 2 stinger.
From the dailyherald.com
Turkey is deploying troops along the Syrian border and stinger aircraft barriers.
From the guardian.co.uk
The vet was able to find the stinger and remove it, and she only limped for a day.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
  • A remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all"
  • A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
  • A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
  • A sharp stinging blow
  • A stinger (technically referred to as a sting) is a colloquial term for a sharp organ or body part found in various animals (typically arthropods) that usually delivers some kind of venom (usually piercing the skin of another animal). ...
  • Stinger is an arcade shoot 'em up released by Seibu Denshi on 1983. It was the first videogame released by this company. This arcade game is notable for being a horizontally scrolling shooter with a vertically oriented screen, a rather uncommon design.
  • The word stinger can be used for an object that is similarly painful, such as a particularly hard blow, or a device that can easily cause such pain; especially, in BDSM, a spanking implement consisting of beaded wands, cemented into a cap and finished with a ring for hanging (sold as a 'spanking ...
  • Duos and trios are a family of mixed drinks. A duo contains a spirit and a liqueur; a trio additionally contains a creamy ingredient. Commonly used creamy ingredients are cream and Irish cream.