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   sting

   /stɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
   • ▪ any of a number of minute hairs or other organs of plants, jellyfishes, etc., which inject a poisonous or irritating fluid when touched: "a nettle-like plant with no sting"
   • ▪ a wound from a sting: "a wasp or bee sting" Similar prickwoundinjurybitenippuncture
   • ▪ a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation: "she felt the sharp sting of tears behind her eyelids" Similar smartingsmartstingingtinglingtingleprickingpainsorenesshurtirritation
   • ▪ a hurtful quality or effect: "I recalled the sting of his betrayal" Similar heartacheheartbreakagonytorturetormenthurtpainanguishdistressdesolationmiserysharpnessseveritybiteedgepointednessasperitypungencymordancyacerbityaciditytartnesssarcasmacrimonymalicespitevenomrare:causticitymordacity
   • 2. a carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception: informal "five blackmailers were jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting" Similar swindlefraudpiece of deceptiontrickerycheatbit of sharp practiceinformal:rip-offconcon trickdiddlefiddlebunco

   verb

   • 1. wound or pierce with a sting: "he was stung by a jellyfish" Similar prickwoundinjurehurtbitenippenetratepoisonrare:urticate
   • ▪ feel or cause to feel a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation: "her eyes stung as if she might cry again" Similar smarttingleburnbe painfulhurtbe irritatedbe soreache
   • ▪ (typically of something said) hurt or upset (someone): "stung by her mockery, Frank hung his head" Similar upsetwounddistressmake miserablecut to the quickseargrievehurtpaintormentmortify
   • ▪ provoke someone to do (something) by causing annoyance or offence: "he was stung into action by an article in the paper" Similar provokegoadincitespurprickprodrousestir updrivemovemotivategalvanizestimulateOpposite deter
   • 2. swindle or exorbitantly overcharge (someone): informal "I had to buy some boxer shorts at the last minute and got stung for £42.50!" Similar swindledefraudcheatfleecegullinformal:rip offscrewdorookdiddletake for a rideskinclipchiselgougebuncoinformal, dated:rush

   Word Origin Old Englishsting (noun), stingan (verb), of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stingless adjective

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   What does Sting mean in a sentence?

   • If a plant, animal, or insect stings you, a sharp part of it, usually covered with poison, is pushed into your skin so that you feel a sharp pain. The nettles stung their legs. [VERB noun] I jumped as if I had been stung by a scorpion. [VERB noun] This type of bee rarely stings. [VERB] The sting of an insect or animal is the part that stings you.

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   Is Sting a verb or a tense?

   • Sting is usually a verb. Its past tense and -ed participle is stung. If a creature such as a bee, wasp, or scorpion stings you, it pricks your skin and pushes poison into your body. Bees do not normally sting without being provoked. Felipe had been stung by a wasp. Don't say that a mosquito or ant 'stings' you. You say that it bites you.

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   What does it mean if a needle stings a little?

   • 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.

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   What is a poisonous sting?

   • 1. a part of some plants, insects etc, eg nettles and wasps, that can prick and inject an irritating or poisonous fluid into the wound. 2. an act of piercing with this part. Some spiders give a poisonous sting. 3. the wound, swelling, or pain caused by this.

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   a sudden burning pain in your eyes, on your skin, etc., or the ability to cause such pain: She had several bee stings. the sting of salt in a wound. Some types of jellyfish have a powerful sting. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. pain. pain There are drugs you can take to ease the pain.

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     STING meaning: 1. If an insect, plant, or animal stings, it...

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   noun. a skin wound caused by the poison injected by certain insects or plants. pain caused by or as if by the sting of a plant or animal. a mental pain or pang. a sting of conscience. a sharp pointed organ, such as the ovipositor of a wasp, by which poison can be injected into the prey. the ability to sting.

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   Sting most commonly refers to the wound inflicted by a bee or hornet, or to a kind of burning pain, like the brief sting when your doctor gives you a vaccine. A nasty remark can also sting.