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- DictionarySting/stiNG/
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.
- 2. a carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception: informal "five blackmailers were jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting"
verb
- 1. wound or pierce with a sting: "he was stung by a jellyfish"
- 2. swindle or exorbitantly overcharge (someone): informal "an elaborate fraud that stung a bank for thousands"