Stinger (disambiguation)

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 with a primarily yellow base
 * A brand of radar detector/LIDAR detector
 * Operation Stinger, 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, an American single-seat ultralight design
 * Rans S-18 Stinger II, an American two-seat ultralight design
 * Williams W-17 Stinger, an American racing aircraft design

Automobiles

 * Kia Stinger, a sport sedan
 * 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 device used in pursuits to deflate vehicle tires

Ships

 * USS Stinger (SP-1252), 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

 * FIM-92 Stinger, a surface-to-air missile
 * Air-to-Air Stinger, derived from the FIM-92
 * M2 Stinger, a USMC field modification of the .30 AN/M2 Browning machine gun variant
 * Stinger grenade 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

Sports

 * Edmonton Stingers, a professional basketball team in Canada
 * 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
 * Stinger, is a mascot name for teams such as the Columbus Blue Jackets and Baldwin Wallace University

Entertainment

 * Stinger (comics), any of several comic book characters named Stinger
 * Stinger, a 1988 science fiction horror novel by Robert R. McCammon
 * Stingers (TV series) (1998–2004)  Australian police drama television series
 * Stinger (radio), 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), a defunct roller coaster in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US
 * Stinger, a final note used at the end of some American march music
 * 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), 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 three-phase electric power system