5 VERB [no cont] If someone's remarks sting you, they make you feel hurt and annoyed. □ [V n] He's a sensitive lad and some of the criticism has stung him.
sting|ray /st I ŋre I / (stingrays ) N‑COUNT A stingray is a type of large flat fish with a long tail which it can use as a weapon.
stin|gy /st I ndʒi/ (stingier , stingiest ) ADJ If you describe someone as stingy , you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ Winston was not a stingy man.
stink /st I ŋk/ (stinks , stinking , stank , stunk )
1 VERB To stink means to smell extremely unpleasant. □ [V ] Get away from me–your breath stinks. □ [V + of ] The place stinks of fried onions. □ [V + like ] The pond stank like a sewer. ● N‑SING Stink is also a noun. □ [+ of ] I was met with the stink of smoke and burnt plastic. ● stink|ing ADJ □ They were locked up in a stinking cell.
2 VERB If you say that something stinks , you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V ] I think their methods stink. □ [V + of ] The whole thing stinks of political corruption.
3 N‑SING If someone causes a stink about something they are angry about, they show their anger in order to make people take notice. [INFORMAL ] □ The tabloid press kicked up a stink about his seven-day visit.
stink|er /st I ŋkə r / (stinkers ) N‑COUNT If you describe someone or something as a stinker , you mean that you think they are very unpleasant or bad. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ I think he's an absolute stinker to do that to her.
stink|ing /st I ŋk I ŋ/
1 ADJ [ADJ n] You use stinking to describe something that is unpleasant or bad. [INFORMAL ] □ I had a stinking cold.
2 → see also stink
stinky /st I ŋki/ (stinkier , stinkiest ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] If something is stinky , it smells extremely unpleasant. □ …sweaty, stinky socks.
stint /st I nt/ (stints ) N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place. □ He is returning to this country after a five-year stint in Hong Kong.
sti|pend /sta I pend/ (stipends )
1 N‑COUNT A stipend is a sum of money that is paid regularly, especially to a magistrate or a member of the clergy, as a salary or for their living expenses. [mainly BRIT ]
2 N‑COUNT A stipend is a sum of money that is paid to a student for their living expenses. [mainly AM ]
sti|pen|di|ary /sta I pe ndiəri, [AM ] -dieri/ ADJ [ADJ n] A stipendiary magistrate or member of the clergy receives a stipend.
stip|pled /st I p ə ld/ ADJ A surface that is stippled is covered with tiny spots. □ The room remains simple with bare, stippled green walls.
stipu|late /st I pjʊle I t/ (stipulates , stipulating , stipulated ) VERB If you stipulate a condition or stipulate that something must be done, you say clearly that it must be done. □ [V that/wh] She could have stipulated that she would pay when she collected the computer. □ [V n] International rules stipulate the number of foreign entrants. ● stipu|la|tion /st I pjʊle I ʃ ə n/ (stipulations ) N‑COUNT □ Clifford's only stipulation is that his clients obey his advice.
stir ◆◇◇ /stɜː r / (stirs , stirring , stirred )
1 VERB If you stir a liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon. □ [V n] Stir the soup for a few seconds. □ [V n + into ] There was Mrs Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea. □ [V n with in ] You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey.
2 VERB If you stir , you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up. [WRITTEN ] □ [V ] Eileen shook him, and he started to stir. □ [V ] The two women lay on their backs, not stirring.
3 VERB If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it. [WRITTEN ] □ [V + from ] She had not stirred from the house that evening.
4 VERB If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind. [WRITTEN ] □ [V ] Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze. □ [V n] Not a breath of fresh air stirred the long white curtains.
5 VERB If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it. [WRITTEN ] □ [V + in ] Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious. □ [V n + in ] Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her. □ [V ] Deep inside the awareness was stirring that something was about to happen.
6 N‑SING If an event causes a stir , it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. □ His film has caused a stir in America.
7 → see also stirring
▸ stir up
1 PHRASAL VERB If something stirs up dust or stirs up mud in water, it causes it to rise up and move around. □ [V n P ] They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up. [Also V P n (not pron)]