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stinger
noun- a pinched nerve US
- This would bring about what is commonly known as a singer, a very innocent-sounding word for a sickeningly painful injury. — Mick Foley, Mankind, p. 118, 1999
- In the end, the diagnosis was not as frightening as it could have been–the damage was a pinched nerve (called “a stinger”). — Lou Albano and Berg Sugar, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Professional Wrestling, p. 56, 1999
- the penis US
- — Dale Gordon, The Dominion Sex Dictionary, p. 153, 1967
- a high velocity, hollow-nose, expanding bullet US
- “Stingers and yellowjackets,” Parrish said. “Hyper-velocity, hollow-nose expanders. The guy knew what he was doing.” — Elmore Leonard, Split Images, p. 97, 1981
- in poker, a sequence of five cards US
Known conventionally as a “straight.” - — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 87, 1988
- a railway brakesman US
- Probably derived from the brakeman’s custom of applying his brake club to the feet of a sleeping hobo. — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 147, 1977
- an improvised heating element consisting of exposed wires attached to a small metal plate, used for heating water US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 39, 1989 •
- “You need a stinger?” “Please.” — Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming, p. 137, 2002
- The stinger is an invaluable tool in prison life, and has a long prison history. — J.G. Narum, The Convict Cookbook, p. 23, 2004
- an illegal vote US
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was given credit for delivering Chicago and the state of Illinois to John Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election through extensive use of “stingers.” Subsequent research dispelled most of these rumours, but Daley enjoyed the power the stories gave him. - — Bill Reilly, Big Al’s Official Guide to Chicagoese, p. 56, 1982
- a radio antenna US
- — Wayne Floyd, Jason’s Authentic Dictionary of CB Slang, p. 29, 1976
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