stinge

From stingy.

• IPA^(key): /stɪnd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

stinge (third-person singular simple present stinges, present participle stinging, simple past and past participle stinged)

1. to act stingily or parsimoniously

stinge (plural stinges)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A person who is seen to have a stingy demeanour or who lacks generosity.

   Don’t be such a stinge and let me try some of your ice cream, mate!

• stinge out
• stingy
• stingily
• stinginess

• get-ins, ingest, signet, tinges

stinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of stingere

stinge

1. alternative form of styngen

• IPA^(key): /ˈstin.ɡe/, [ˈstiŋ.ɡe]

stinge

1. inflection of stingan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Inherited from Latin extinguere.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstin.d͡ʒe/

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• Rhymes: -ind͡ʒe
• Hyphenation: stin‧ge

a stinge (third-person singular present stinge, past participle stins, third-person subjunctive stingă) 3rd conjugation

1. (transitive) to put out, extinguish

   Synonym: (far less common) înăbuși

2. (transitive) to turn off, switch off an electric device

   Synonym: opri

3. (reflexive) to go out, be extinguished
4. (reflexive, figurative, euphemistic, literary) to pass away

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:muri

5. (reflexive, figurative) to wane, fade, lose intensity
6. (transitive, of quicklime) to slake (neutralise)
7. (transitive, obsolete, of someone’s life) to put an end to (i.e. to kill)

• stingător
• stingere
• stins

• distinge
• extincție

• “stinge”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025