stinger

Other forms of stinger

plural

stingers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stinger

What does stinger mean?

stinger means "a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stinger?

stinger has 2 syllables: stin-ger. The stress falls on "stin". In IPA it is /ˈstɪŋɚ/.

What is another word for stinger?

Close synonyms include cut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stinger a common word?

stinger is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.