| stinger | | |
| n. (food) | 1. stinger | a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy. |
| ~ brandy | distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice. |
| ~ creme de menthe | sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur. |
| ~ cocktail | a short mixed drink. |
| n. (communication) | 2. cut, stinger | a remark capable of wounding mentally.; "the unkindest cut of all" |
| ~ contumely, insult, revilement, abuse, vilification | a rude expression intended to offend or hurt.; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. stinger | a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder. |
| ~ heat-seeking missile | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine). |
| ~ sam, surface-to-air missile | a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target. |
| n. (animal) | 4. stinger | a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland. |
| ~ aculeus | a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect. |
| ~ organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function. |
| n. (act) | 5. stinger | a sharp stinging blow. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
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