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Skimpy vs Stinger - What's the difference?

skimpy | stinger |

As nouns the difference between skimpy and stinger

is that skimpy is (australia|western australia) a barmaid who wears little clothing while stinger is a portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.

As an adjective skimpy

is small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.

skimpy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
    • Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
    They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.

    Noun

    (skimpies)
  • (Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.
  • * 2000 , Australian Journal of Mining , page 2,
    • It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies .
  • * 2007 , Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia , Lonely Planet, page 159,
    • For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals? lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies , TV sports and mine workers chain-drinking.
  • * 2010 , Kathy Marks, Tears of the Sun'', Robert Drewe (editor), ''The Best Australian Essays 2010 , page 239,
    • ‘There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’

    Derived terms

    * skimpy work

    stinger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
  • Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
    • The thing stopped then and looked at me a moment as much as to say: "Why this thing has a stinger ! I must be careful." And then it reached out its long neck and opened its mighty jaws and grabbed for me; but I wasn't there.
  • Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically
  • a cocktail of brandy and
  • A device used by police and military forces consisting of a portable bed of nails to puncture car tires.
  • A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
  • A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
  • A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
  • (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
  • (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
  • (slang, television and film) An extension cord.

    • Synonyms

    * (device used to puncture car tyres) spike strip

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