Stinger

[ UK /stˈɪŋɡɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɪŋɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
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How To Use Stinger In A Sentence

  • Police tried to use a "stinger" device, a nailed mat, to stop the vehicle but he swerved to avoid it and sped off at 90 mph.
  • The biology of these vampires involves a retractable stinger that elongates the mouth and launches with rapid speed at the victim. “The Strain” by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (William Morrow, 2009) « The BookBanter Blog
  • A powerful wasp insect that will not hesitate to attack passersby with its poisonous stinger.
  • To unite a killer mix of artificial and live bait — giving a larger, bulkier target in turbid waters — hook a minnow in the head on the middle treble, adding a treble stinger if strikes are short, and drop it to the bottom. 25 Killer Spring Tips for Bass, Trout, Crappie, Walleys, and Pike
  • A police helicopter was also deployed and officers tried to puncture the car's tyres with a stinger device.
  • Flick out the stinger by lifting it with a fingernail or scrape it off using the edge of a dull knife.
  • There are rainforest walks, 4WD excursions, bird safaris and a pool - crucial, as stinger jellyfish mean you can't swim in the sea for half the year.
  • With the aid of the recently invented microscope, Hooke examined the structure of feathers, the stinger of bees, the ‘tongue’ of mollusks and the feet and mandibles of insects.
  • A bee sting is said to treat ailments from cancer to multiple sclerosis," says Seymour, giving the stinger still stuck in my hand a quick swipe away, while explaining all about apitherapy - the medical use of honey bee products. Thestar.com - Home Page
  • What's more, the radula, a harpoonlike stinger that delivers the venom, can strike with enough speed and force to pierce a diver's wetsuit.
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