Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To act stingily or parsimoniously.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Unfortunately, Lukas's boss was a stinge.

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Origin

Possibly a back-formation from stingy.

Possibly a back-formation from stingy.

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Forms

stinges, stinging, stinged, stinged
Base formstinge · to stinge
3rd person singularstinges
Present participlestinging
Past simplestinged
Past participlestinged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystinge
he, she, itstinges

Past simpleLesson

all personsstinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stinged
he, she, ithas stinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stinge

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stimulationB2stimulusstingstingerstingraystingyB2stinkB2
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