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▪ I. stinger1|ˈstɪŋə(r)|
[f. sting v.1+ -er1.]
1. One who stings; applied fig. to Death. Also, one who goads or instigates; one who has a sharp tongue.
1552Huloet, Prycker or stynger, Stigator, stimulator. 1577Kendall Flowers of Epigr., Trifles 13 To stingers suche a stingyng crowne, of Nettelles doeth belong. 1602Chettle Hoffman iii. (1631) F 1 b, Haue ye not heard I haue bin a stinger, a tickler, a wormer. 1611Cotgr., Esguillonneur, a pricker, stinger. 1612Benvenuto's Passenger ii. ii. 511 Pratlers, tatlers, stingers [Ital. mordaci]. a1618Sylvester Triumph Faith iii. ii, Life of our life, our death's death, Stinger's sting. 1827Lamb Poems, Epicedium, Going or Gone 5 Death, that last Stinger.
2. An animal or plant that stings.
1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 143 The gad-fly is a little creature; but some little creatures be stingers. 1602[see vengible a. 2]. 1616T. Scot Philomythie B 1 b, He longs for hony, That mongst the angry Waspes thrusts his bold fingers, And from their neasts in Summer, hunts those stingers. 1862T. W. Harris Insects Injur. Vegetation (ed. 3) 512 The insects of this order [Hymenoptera] may be divided into two groups, Stingers and Piercers. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 293 The Girardinia Leschenaultii, or Nilgiri nettle, a most virulent stinger.
3. Something that stings or smarts; e.g. a sharp blow, or the hand that delivers it; something that causes sharp distress, a pungent speech or crushing argument; a sharp frost. Now colloq. Also Austral., an exceptionally hot or cold period of time.
1576Gascoigne Grief of Joy iv. xxiii, But that so sweete a synger Shoulde dye so sone: that sorrowe seemde a stynger. 1623Webster Devil's Law-Case iv. ii. I 2 b, San. That's a stinger, tis a good wench, be not daunted. 1823‘Jon Bee’ Dict. Turf, Stinger, a sharp and rapid hit. 1853R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 355 My eyes, but we're in for a stinger! 1855Browning Fra Lippo 90 Old Aunt Lapaccia trussed me with one hand, (Its fellow was a stinger as I knew). 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xxv, At nine o'clock..the gun fires... And when you hear him go, I think you'll say he's a Stinger. 1899‘S. Rudd’ in Murdoch & Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 103 My! it'll be a stinger to-night. 1900A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 46, I wrote him back a stinger which he will not soon forget. 1904Wells Food of Gods ii. i. 166 One [button] hit me a regular stinger just 'ere, mum. 1942E. Langley Pea Pickers (1958) ii. vii. 167 The next day was a stinger... It dawned sultry red.
4. A long structure attached to the stern of a pipe-laying barge which supports the pipe as it enters the water and prevents it from buckling.
1958Offshore Drilling Oct. 11/2 The ‘stinger’ is final cradle [sic], submerged 85 feet off the stern of the lay barge, which holds the pipe to a 2500 ft. radius to prevent any undue strain during the process of lowering it into the underwater trench. 1966M. J. Lamb in Exploiting the Ocean (Marine Technol. Soc.) 296 A ‘stinger’ is used in deep water to limit the sag in the pipe. 1969[see overbend n.]. 1976Offshore Platforms & Pipelining 6/3 Key changes include..the addition of 160-ft truss-type stinger in place of the usual pontoon stinger.
Add:[2.] b. U.S. = sting n.2 2.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1926J. K. Strecker in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning (1965) 77 In an article referred to above, I mention the stinging snake and its so-called stinger. 1957J. Kerouac On Road iv. iv. 168 Suddenly a bug flew into his arm and embedded a long stinger in it that made him howl. 1972Sci. Amer. Apr. 93/2 Even in the winter bees too cold to fly can protrude their stingers; a mass of cold clustered bees with protruded stingers reminds one of a porcupine.
5. Mil. With capital initial. The name of a type of lightweight, shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile with infrared homing, manufactured in the U.S.
1975Aviation Week & Space Technol. 17 Mar. 42/2 The Stinger missile system has experienced problems in technical development that have caused the program to be extended about 14 months in development. 1982Daily Tel. 5 Aug. 5/1 Mr Pattie refers to adverse Press comment comparing the performance of Blowpipe unfavourably with the American heat-seeking missile, Stinger. 1987tr. Gorbachev's Perestroika: New Thinking ii. v. 177 The transfer of the Stingers to the counter-revolutionary bands..is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable. 1990Combat & Survival July 19/3 The Stinger missile is a battle-proven way to take out helicopters, which is more than can be said of British shoulder-launched systems.
▸ Freq. with capital initial. Also Stinger Spike System. A device used by police officers consisting of an extendable spiked metal strip which may be placed across a road in order to stop a vehicle by puncturing its tyres.
A proprietary name in the United Kingdom; Stinger Spike System is a proprietary name in the United States.
1991New Scientist 24 Aug. 23/2 Donald Kilgrow first began working on his Stinger Spike System after participating in a chase that the police ended by erecting a roadblock... The spikes..‘are stainless steel, and they will punch right through a steel-belted radial tyre and deflate it..in about 20 seconds’. 1996Times 30 Jan. 6/8 A police car chasing five masked men in a stolen vehicle..fell foul of a Stinger, a chain of spikes thrown down by other officers and intended for their quarry. 2003Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 4 May 13 A stolen Toyota Tarago led police in a 40-minute chase along the Bruce Highway. The pursuit ended at Burpengary when police placed ‘stingers’—or road spikes—on the Burpengary weighbridge.
▪ II. stinger2 Sc. and dial.|ˈstɪŋə(r), ˈstɪndʒə(r)|
[f. sting v.2 + -er1.]
A thatcher; a thatching-tool.
1808Jamieson Stinger, a mender of thatched roofs; so called, because he uses a sting or short pointed stick in doing his work. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Stincher or Stinger, a tool, described under its synonyme Battledore. Used by thatchers when repairing a roof, but not..when a whole building is newly thatched.
▪ III. stinger3|ˈstɪŋə(r)|
Corruption of stengah. Also used as the name of various other mixed drinks or cocktails (see quots. 1973, 1976).
1901Scribner's Mag. Jan. 106 Two ‘stingers’ were brought... A ‘stinger’..is a noggin of Scotch whiskey, enlivened by much or little, according to individual taste, of the local buzz-water. 1903[see stengah]. 1916H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap ix. 376, I found 'em in the palm grill, or whatever it's called, drinking stingers. 1928[see round n.1 20 a]. 1942D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 242 Have another daiquiri... Or change to a stinger. 1961I. Fleming Thunderball xv. 156 After they had had coffee and a stinger at the bar they separated and went to the [gaming] tables. 1973Sat. Rev. Society (U.S.) May 45/1 B & B Stinger. 3 parts B & B Liqueur, 1 part White Creme de Menthe. 1976Scotsman 24 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 3/7 A Stinger..is a better drink, being creme de menthe well laced with brandy, and stronger. |