A stinger is an organ or body part found in various animals, typically arthropods, that usually delivers some kind of venom Stinger may also refer to:

Military and transport

* A type of

military camouflage Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. In practice, this means applying colour and materials to military equipment of all kinds, including vehicles, ...

with a primarily yellow base * A brand of radar detector/

LIDAR detector Lidar has a wide range of applications; one use is in traffic enforcement and in particular speed limit enforcement, has been gradually replacing radar since 2000. Current devices are designed to automate the entire process of speed detection, veh ...

Operation Stinger Operation Stinger ( hr, Operacija Žalac; sr, Operacija Žaoka) was an offensive undertaken by the forces of the SAO Krajina, an unrecognized Croatian Serb region opposing the Republic of Croatia, against positions held by the Croatian police in ...

, a military operation during the Croatian War of Independence

Aircraft

* The AC-119K version of Fairchild AC-119 gunship was nicknamed ''Stinger'' * Preceptor Stinger, an American single-seat parasol-wing ultralight design *

Rans S-17 Stinger The Rans S-12 Airaile is a family of related United States, American single-engined, pusher configuration, high-wing monoplanes designed by Randy Schlitter and manufactured by Rans Inc. The aircraft are available in Homebuilt aircraft, kit form fo ...

, an American single-seat ultralight design * Rans S-18 Stinger II, an American two-seat ultralight design *

Williams W-17 Stinger The Williams W-17 Stinger is an American homebuilt aircraft, homebuilt racing aircraft that was designed for Formula One Air Racing by Art Williams and produced by his company, Williams Aircraft Design of Northridge, California, introduced in 1 ...

, an American racing aircraft design

Automobiles

* Pacer Stinger, a 1976 show car by American Motors * Stinger (law enforcement), a bait car system developed by BSM Wireless * Police slang for a

spike strip A spike strip (spike belt, traffic spikes, tire shredders, stingers, stop sticks, Stinger or formally known as a tire deflation device) is a device or incident weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tir ...

, a device used in pursuits to deflate vehicle tires *

Kia Stinger The Kia Stinger ( ko, 기아 스팅어) is a mid-size liftback manufactured by Kia since 2017. Overview The Stinger traces its roots to the GT Concept from the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and the Kia GT4 Stinger from the 2014 North American In ...

, a sport sedan.

Ships

* , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919 * Stinger, an extension over board the stern of an offshore pipe lay barge used to provide additional support at the over bend of an S-lay during offshore construction

Weapons

AIM-92 Stinger The Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) (also unofficially called AIM-92 Stinger) is an air-to-air missile system developed from the shoulder-launched FIM-92 Stinger, for use on helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache, T129 ATAK, Eurocopter Tiger, and also ...

, an air-to-air missile * FIM-92 Stinger, a surface-to-air missile *

M2 Stinger The "Stinger" was a customized field modification of the M1919 Browning machine gun, .30-caliber AN/M2 aircraft machine gun. The Stinger was a man-portable modification of the AN/M2 — primarily mounted by various contemporary US aircraft — to ...

, a USMC field modification of the .30 AN/M2 Browning machine gun variant *

Stinger grenade A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern hand grenade gen ...

or sting grenade, a type of hand grenade * Stinger round, a type of specialty ammunition for shotguns * Stinger, a series of airsoft guns manufactured by

Crosman Crosman Corporation is an American designer, manufacturer and supplier of shooting sport products, with a long-standing presence in airgun design and a tradition of producing pellet and BB guns. Crosman is also a producer of many varieties of a ...

Sports

*Salt Lake Stingers, former name of the Salt Lake Bees Minor League Baseball team * "Stinger", a nickname for American professional wrestler Steve Borden aka

Sting Sting may refer to: * Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger * Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself Fictional characters and entities * Sting (Middle-eart ...

* ''Stinger'', is a mascot name for teams such as the

Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...

and Baldwin Wallace University

Entertainment

Stinger (comics) Stinger, in comics may refer to: * Stinger (Marvel Comics), a fictional mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe * Stinger (Genetix), a member of Genetix in the Marvel UK comics * Stinger, the alias of Cassandra Lang Cassandra "Cassie" Lang is a fi ...

, any of several comic book characters named Stinger * ''Stinger'', a 1988 science fiction horror novel by Robert R. McCammon *

Stingers (TV series) ''Stingers'' (1998–2004) is an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program. The ser ...

(1998–2004) Australian police drama television series *

Stinger (radio) Station identification (ident, network ID or channel ID or bumper) is the practice of radio and television stations and broadcast network, networks identifying themselves on-air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name (sometimes known, ...

, a short sound clip used to divide sections of a radio program or podcast, also known as a sounder * Stinger (filmmaking), film industry slang for a post-credits scene * ''Stinger'' (arcade game), a 1983 arcade shoot 'em up by Seibu Denshi * '' Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon-hakase o Sukue!'', a 1986 Family Computer game that was released in 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System under the title of ''Stinger'' *

Stinger (Dorney Park) Invertigo is the name of an inverted shuttle roller coaster model developed and manufactured by Dutch company Vekoma. Four roller coasters based on this model were built, with the first installation opening in 1997 as HangOver at Liseberg amuseme ...

, a defunct roller coaster in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US * Stinger, used at the end of some

American march music American march music is march music written and/or performed in the United States. Its origins are those of European composers borrowing from the military music of the Ottoman Empire in place there from the 16th century. The American genre devel ...

* Stinger Guitars, made by C. F. Martin & Company * ''The Stinger'' (album)

Other

* Stinger (cocktail), a drink composed of brandy and white creme de menthe * ''Stinger'' (sculpture), an outdoor work by Tony Smith in Seattle, Washington, US *

Stinger (medicine) In medicine, a stinger, also called a ''burner'' or ''nerve pinch injury'', is a neurological injury suffered by athletes, mostly in high-contact sports such as ice hockey, rugby, American football, and wrestling. The spine injury is characterized ...

, a minor neurological injury suffered by athletes * Stinger, the conductor with higher voltage to neutral than the other two conductors in a

high-leg delta High-leg delta (also known as wild-leg, stinger leg, bastard leg, high-leg, orange-leg, red-leg, dog-leg delta) is a type of electrical service connection for three-phase electric power installations. It is used when both single and three-phase po ...

three-phase electric power system