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Sting

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Noun

1. sting, stinging

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

Example Sentences:
'the sting of death'
'he felt the stinging of nettles'

2. pang, sting

a mental pain or distress

Example Sentences:
'a pang of conscience'

3. bite, insect bite, sting

a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

4. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Verb

5. bite, burn, sting

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Example Sentences:
'The sun burned his face'

6. bite, prick, sting

deliver a sting to

Example Sentences:
'A bee stung my arm yesterday'

7. stick, sting

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

Example Sentences:
'They stuck me with the dinner bill'
'I was stung with a huge tax bill'

8. prick, sting, twinge

cause a stinging pain

Example Sentences:
'The needle pricked his skin'

9. sting

cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

Example Sentences:
'His remark stung her'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sting

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verbWord forms: stings, stinging or stung
1. 
(of certain animals and plants) to inflict a wound on (an organism) by the injection of poison
2. 
to feel or cause to feel a sharp mental or physical pain
3. (transitive)
to goad or incite (esp in the phrase sting into action)
4. (transitive) informal
to cheat, esp by overcharging
noun
5. 
a skin wound caused by the poison injected by certain insects or plants
6. 
pain caused by or as if by the sting of a plant or animal
7. 
a mental pain or pang
a sting of conscience
8. 
a sharp pointed organ, such as the ovipositor of a wasp, by which poison can be injected into the prey
9. 
the ability to sting
a sharp sting in his criticism
10. 
something as painful or swift of action as a sting
the sting of death
11. 
a sharp stimulus or incitement
12. botany another name for stinging hair
13. slang
a swindle or fraud
14. slang
a trap set up by the police to entice a person to commit a crime and thereby produce evidence
15.  sting in the tail

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Sting

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verb transitiveWord forms: stung or ˈstinging
1. 
to prick or wound with a sting
said of plants and insects
2. 
to cause sharp, sudden, smarting pain to, by or as by pricking with a sharp point
the cold wind stinging their cheeks
3. 
to cause to suffer mentally; make unhappy
to be stung by one's conscience
4. 
to stir up or stimulate suddenly and sharply
stung into action by her words
5.  Slang
to cheat; esp., to overcharge
verb intransitive
6. 
to use a sting; prick or wound with a sting
7. 
to cause or feel sharp, smarting pain, either physical or mental
his arm stinging from the blow
noun
8. 
the act of stinging
9. 
a pain or wound resulting from or as from stinging
10. 
a thing that urges or stimulates; goad
11. 
the ability or power to sting or wound
criticism with much sting in it
12. 
a sharp-pointed organ in insects and certain other animals, used to prick, wound, or inject poison
13. 
any of the hollow, stinging hairs on some plants, as nettles
14.  Slang
an instance or method of cheating or swindling, as in a confidence game; esp., such an instance or method engaged in by law-enforcement agents to entrap criminals

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Sting

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v. stung (stŭng), sting·ing, stings
v.tr.
1. To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
2. To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain: smoke stinging our eyes.
3. To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings: Those harsh words stung me.
4. To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation: "A meaningless retort; the kind someone is stung into making out of sheer exasperation" (Paul Scott).
5. Slang To cheat or overcharge.
v.intr.
1. To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ: Do all bees sting?
2. To cause a sharp, smarting pain: The needle will sting a little.
n.
1. The act of stinging.
2. The wound or pain caused by stinging.
3. A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.
4. A hurtful quality or power: the sting of rejection.
5. A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur: the sting of curiosity.
6. Slang A confidence game, especially one implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.

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