Sting
WordNet
noun
(1) A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
(2) A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
(3) A mental pain or distress
"A pang of conscience"
(4) A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
"The sting of death"
"He felt the stinging of nettles"
verb
(5) Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
"They stuck me with the dinner bill"
"I was stung with a huge tax bill"
(6) Deliver a sting to
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"
(7) Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
"His remark stung her"
(8) Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
"The sun burned his face"
(9) Cause a stinging pain
"The needle pricked his skin"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- A bite by an insect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
- A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
- A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
- A brief sequence of music used in films & TV as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or comedic scene.
- A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.