Synonyms of stingers

stingers

noun

plural of stinger

as in punches

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

in the eighth round he delivered a stinger that knocked his opponent flat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punches
• blows
• swipes
• thuds
• hits
• thumps
• strokes
• slaps
• pounds
• whacks
• clips
• spanks
• knocks
• licks
• pokes
• welts
• smacks
• bangs
• hooks
• bats
• swats
• slugs
• lashes
• beats
• socks
• claps
• stripes
• pelts
• belts
• chops
• cuffs
• hands
• knees
• biffs
• fillips
• switches
• whams
• haymakers
• hacks
• slams
• buffets
• thwacks
• raps
• clouts
• dabs
• boxes
• bops
• kicks
• whops
• picks
• lickings
• cracks
• beatings
• larrups
• wallops
• busts
• douses
• bashes
• swings
• lefts
• sidewinders
• smashes
• plumps
• shivers
• counterpunches
• whips
• uppercuts
• counters
• rights
• counterblows
• whippings
• knockdowns
• counterstrokes
• right-handers
• body blows
• batterings
• thrashings
• crunchers
• roundhouses
• rabbit punches
• KOs
• sucker punches
• knockouts
• kayos
• pastings
• drubbings
• one-twos
• bastinadoes
• wallopings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stingers

Though wasps aren’t bees, many do have bee-like markings and stingers. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026

These long stingers can actually be steered through the material to find the hiding host. — Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Start by gently washing the affected area with soap and water, and removing any stingers. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026

One idea the team floats is that zinc and manganese are limited resources, so scorpions can only reinforce the most critical parts of the stingers instead of spreading the metals across their entire exoskeleton. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026

Officials report thousands of honeybees died during the event, due to the tussle between Woods and the deputies, and female honeybees dying after using their stingers. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026

Surprisingly, it was found that stingers use a distinct layering of zinc at the tip, followed by manganese, while pincers are reinforced with zinc and iron specifically along their cutting edges. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Apr. 2026

Dubbed Antscan, the platform features micrometer-resolution reconstructions that lay bare not only the insects’ armored exoskeletons but also their muscles, nerves, digestive tracts, and needle-like stingers poised at the ready. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026

The stingers they are equipped with can be up to about a quarter-inch (6 mm) in length and inject a painful venom – which is stored in large quantities in their abdomens – into their victims. — New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025