"stinger" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈstɪŋ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-stinger.ogg [Australia] Forms: stingers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ) Etymology: sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sting|er}} sting + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} stinger (plural stingers)
  1. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. Synonyms: sting Translations (pointed portion of an insect): thumb (Albanian), κέντρον (kéntron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), խայթոց (xaytʿocʿ) (Armenian), խայթ (xaytʿ) (Armenian), neştər (Azerbaijani), ҡаяу (qayaw) (Bashkir), джа́ла (džála) [neuter] (Belarusian), жи́ло (žílo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fibló [masculine] (Catalan), agulló [masculine] (Catalan), (cì) (Chinese Mandarin), 毒刺 (dúcì) (Chinese Mandarin), žihadlo [neuter] (Czech), pikilo (Esperanto), pistin (Finnish), aiguillon [masculine] (French), dard [masculine] (French), ferrete [masculine] (Galician), aguillón [masculine] (Galician), ferrón [masculine] (Galician), ნესტარი (nesṭari) (Georgian), Stachel [masculine] (German), κεντρί (kentrí) [neuter] (Greek), iguut (Greenlandic), עוקץ (‘óqetz) [masculine] (Hebrew), fullánk (Hungarian), broddur [masculine] (Icelandic), aculeo [masculine] (Italian), pungiglione [masculine] (Italian), (hari) (alt: はり) (Japanese), 毒針 (dokubari) (alt: どくばり) (Japanese), хатхур (xatxur) (Kalmyk), tey (Kayapó), шаншар (şanşar) (Kazakh), aculeus [masculine] (Latin), dzelonis [masculine] (Latvian), geluonis [masculine] (Lithuanian), осило (osilo) [neuter] (Macedonian), жило (žilo) [neuter] (Macedonian), azǫ́ǫ́z (Navajo), brodd [masculine] (Norwegian), آری دیكنی (arı dikeni) (english: bee sting) (Ottoman Turkish), ایكنه (iğne) (Ottoman Turkish), ابره (ibre) (Ottoman Turkish), نیش (niš) (Persian), żądło [neuter] (Polish), ferrão [masculine] (Portuguese), aguilhão [masculine] (Portuguese), ac [neuter] (Romanian), жа́ло (žálo) [neuter] (Russian), жаока [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), жалац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бодља [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), бодљика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), боцка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), žaoka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), žalac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bodlja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bodljika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bocka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), žihadlo [neuter] (Slovak), želo [neuter] (Slovene), чагак (čagak) (Southern Altai), aguijón [masculine] (Spanish), gadd [common-gender] (Swedish), asir (Tagalog), เหล็กใน (lèk-nai) (Thai), iğne (Turkish), жа́ло (žálo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ngòi (Vietnamese), colyn [masculine] (Welsh), שטאָך (shtokh) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-8FWL89u5 Disambiguation of 'pointed portion of an insect': 63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5
  2. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-zsPxpvIQ
  3. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically. Translations (anything that stings mentally or psychologically): frecciata [feminine] (Italian), stoccata [feminine] (Italian), provocazione [feminine] (Italian), いやみ (iyami) (Japanese), hoto (english: refers to a stingray and other such types of fish.) (Maori), insulto (Portuguese), provocação (Portuguese), žalac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bodlja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bodljika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), drača [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), griža [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), atgno [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-WHmVZvJb Disambiguation of 'anything that stings mentally or psychologically': 7 7 33 2 2 4 2 3 7 3 4 10 7 5 3
  4. A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe. Categories (topical): Cocktails
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-YHGW9wBZ Disambiguation of Cocktails: 5 5 3 24 6 5 3 3 9 3 4 13 6 4 8
  5. A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces. Synonyms: spike strip
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-LyiJ5RUl
  6. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-au01zIef
  7. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-rQWVUa1S
  8. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-7Qc9cFTJ
  9. (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-gFlkphPj
  10. A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-0p9qWRb-
  11. (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-FJ7VRHU8
  12. (slang, television and film) An extension cord. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Television Categories (lifeform): Cnidarians
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-tsiH5TAh Disambiguation of Television: 9 10 1 1 3 3 4 6 8 2 2 17 15 10 9 Disambiguation of Cnidarians: 7 3 4 3 7 5 6 5 6 4 5 23 9 7 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Southern Altai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 3 4 4 5 6 5 6 8 5 7 14 10 8 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 6 7 5 7 18 13 8 8 Disambiguation of Southern Altai terms with redundant script codes: 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 8 5 4 26 12 8 9 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  13. (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle. Tags: West-Country, slang Categories (topical): Television Categories (lifeform): Nettle family plants
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-fEuW0G0s Disambiguation of Television: 9 10 1 1 3 3 4 6 8 2 2 17 15 10 9 Disambiguation of Nettle family plants: 6 5 3 3 5 4 4 4 5 3 5 16 25 4 7 Categories (other): Bristolian English, West Country English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 3 2 2 4 5 2 3 7 3 3 13 22 12 13
  14. Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-yzvSc5qI
  15. (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-stinger-en-noun-lg9flibq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: horse-stinger, marine stinger, mauve stinger

Inflected forms

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          "word": "thumb"
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          "word": "ҡаяу"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cì",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "刺"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dúcì",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "毒刺"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "žihadlo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "pikilo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "pistin"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aiguillon"
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          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
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          "word": "dard"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ferrete"
        },
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aguillón"
        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ferrón"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "nesṭari",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "ნესტარი"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Stachel"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kentrí",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κεντρί"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kéntron",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κέντρον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "iguut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "‘óqetz",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "עוקץ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "fullánk"
        },
        {
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "broddur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aculeo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pungiglione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "alt": "はり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hari",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "針"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "alt": "どくばり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dokubari",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "毒針"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "xatxur",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "хатхур"
        },
        {
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          "code": "txu",
          "lang": "Kayapó",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "tey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şanşar",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "шаншар"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aculeus"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dzelonis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "geluonis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "osilo",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "осило"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "žilo",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "жило"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "azǫ́ǫ́z"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brodd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "english": "bee sting",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "arı dikeni",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "آری دیكنی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "iğne",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "ایكنه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ibre",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "ابره"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "niš",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "word": "نیش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "żądło"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ferrão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aguilhão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žálo",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "жа́ло"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жаока"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "жалац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бодља"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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      "glosses": [
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          "injury",
          "injury"
        ],
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A station identifier on television or radio played between shows."
      ],
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        [
          "station",
          "station"
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          "identifier",
          "identifier"
        ],
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ],
        [
          "radio",
          "radio"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits."
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        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "credits",
          "credits"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nonlethal",
          "nonlethal"
        ],
        [
          "grenade",
          "grenade"
        ],
        [
          "rubber",
          "rubber"
        ],
        [
          "shrapnel",
          "shrapnel"
        ],
        [
          "sting grenade",
          "sting grenade"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A final note played at the end of a military march."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "final",
          "final"
        ],
        [
          "note",
          "note"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A final note played at the end of a military march."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An extension cord."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extension cord",
          "extension cord"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, television and film) An extension cord."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bristolian English",
        "English slang",
        "West Country English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stinging nettle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stinging nettle",
          "stinging nettle"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Bristol",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Country",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia"
        ],
        [
          "box jellyfish",
          "box jellyfish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English prison slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɪŋ.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-stinger.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/En-au-stinger.ogg/En-au-stinger.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/En-au-stinger.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "thumb"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xaytʿocʿ",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "խայթոց"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xaytʿ",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "խայթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "neştər"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qayaw",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "ҡаяу"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "džála",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "джа́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žílo",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жи́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fibló"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agulló"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cì",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "刺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dúcì",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "毒刺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "žihadlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "pikilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "pistin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aiguillon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dard"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferrete"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguillón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nesṭari",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "ნესტარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stachel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kentrí",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κεντρί"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kéntron",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κέντρον"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "iguut"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "‘óqetz",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עוקץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "fullánk"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "broddur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aculeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pungiglione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hari",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どくばり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dokubari",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "毒針"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "xatxur",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "хатхур"
    },
    {
      "code": "txu",
      "lang": "Kayapó",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "tey"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şanşar",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "шаншар"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aculeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzelonis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geluonis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "osilo",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "осило"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žilo",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жило"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "azǫ́ǫ́z"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brodd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "english": "bee sting",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "arı dikeni",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "آری دیكنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "iğne",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "ایكنه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ibre",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "ابره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "niš",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "نیش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "żądło"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferrão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguilhão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žálo",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жа́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жаока"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жалац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бодља"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бодљика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боцка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žaoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žalac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodlja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodljika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bocka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "žihadlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "želo"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "čagak",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "чагак"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguijón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gadd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "asir"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lèk-nai",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "เหล็กใน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "iğne"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žálo",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жа́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "word": "ngòi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shtokh",
      "sense": "pointed portion of an insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שטאָך"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frecciata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stoccata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "provocazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iyami",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "word": "いやみ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to a stingray and other such types of fish.",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "word": "hoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "word": "insulto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "word": "provocação"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žalac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodlja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bodljika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drača"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "griža"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "anything that stings mentally or psychologically",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atgno"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "stinger (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "stinger"
}

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