stinger

Meanings

Plural: stingers

Noun

• a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
• a remark capable of wounding mentally
• 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 pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
• Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
• Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
• 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.
• An extension cord.
• A stinging nettle.
• Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
• An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.

Synonyms

cut, spike strip, sting