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Meanings of stinger in English

Russian
жало
Spanish
aguijón
Catalan
fibló
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Organ.

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        Russian
        стингер
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        Duo cocktail made by adding crème de menthe to a spirit.

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                A stinger is a type of spine injury characterized by a shooting or stinging pain that travels down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness in the parts of the arms, including the biceps, deltoid, and spinati muscles.

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                      A remark capable of wounding mentally.

                            Usage of stinger in English
                            1
                            He got a stinger on his trousers, Sir; but it didntpenetrate.
                            Press Cuttings
                            2
                            But even a small stinger was part of the patrol car equipment.
                            Code Three
                            3
                            It squirmed as it tried to maneuver its stinger for another attack.
                            Climbing Magazine
                            4
                            Felix disengaged and without any hesitation, shot his stinger at Gus's neck.
                            The strain
                            5
                            A stinger is a sharp spike that gets jabbed into your flesh.
                            BBC
                            6
                            The giant turned and got a poisonous stinger right in the chest.
                            Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
                            7
                            The thing opened its mouth and the tip of its stinger appeared.
                            The strain
                            8
                            The club the fight happened in has now been shut down stinger.
                            The Irish Times
                            9
                            Eifert has been out since suffering a stinger in Week 16.
                            Reuters
                            10
                            The frog takes a look at the scorpion's poised stinger and politely demurs.
                            The Irish Times
                            11
                            The protuberance that apparently acted as a stinger lay in its retracted state.
                            The strain
                            12
                            The tiny high voice had the thrust of an insect's stinger.
                            Old Kaskaskia
                            13
                            A tactful man can pull the stinger from a bee without getting stung.
                            Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son / Being the Letters...
                            14
                            Get the stinger out and put some baking soda on it.
                            Pet Sematary
                            15
                            She caught Blackwasp's arm on the backswing, twisted, and snapped the stinger off.
                            Shades of gray
                            16
                            Miss with the stinger and you have to get in close.
                            Lockdown
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