Meaning

15 senses
  1. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

    Stachel

    жа́лоžálo

    жа́лоžálo

  2. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.

  3. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.

  4. A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.

    a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy

  5. A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.

  6. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.

  7. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.

  8. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.

  9. (slang)A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.

  10. A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.

  11. (slang)A final note played at the end of a military march.

  12. (slang)An extension cord.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Bees, like wasps, have a stinger.

    Бджоли, як і оси, мають жало.

    ruУ пчёл, так же как и у ос, есть жало.

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  2. When honey is there, stingers are near.

    deDer Honig ist nicht weit vom Stachel.

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  3. A wasp stuck its stinger in my arm.

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  4. The bee's stinger is stuck in my hand.

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  5. The scorpion uses its stinger for self-defense.

    ruСкорпион использует жало для самозащиты.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pointed portion of an insect:
Русский
By meaning 1
pointed portion of an insect:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pointed portion of an insect:

Origin

From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.

From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.

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Forms

plural: stingers
Singularstinger
Pluralstingers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a remark capable of wounding mentally:cut

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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