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   Sting

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   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 the sting of an insect or plant: "a wasp or bee sting" Similar prickwoundinjurybitenippuncture
   • ▪ a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation: "I felt the sting of the cold, bitter air" Similar smartingsmartstingingtinglingtingleprickingpainsorenesshurtirritation
   • ▪ a hurtful quality or effect: "she smiled to take the sting out of her words" 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: "the brandy stung his throat" 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 offense: "he was stung into action by an article in the paper" Similar provokegoadincitespurprickprodrousestir updrivemovemotivategalvanizestimulateOpposite deter
   • 2. swindle or exorbitantly overcharge (someone): informal "an elaborate fraud that stung a bank for thousands" 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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   STING definition: 1. If an insect, plant, etc stings you, it causes pain by putting poison into your skin: 2. If…. Learn more.

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   What does Sting mean?

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   What does Stung Mean?

   • , stung [stuhng]or (Obsolete) stang [stang];stung; sting·ing. to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ. to be stung by nettles. The blowing sand stung his eyes. to be stung with remorse. to goad or drive, as by sharp irritation. Slang. to cheat or take advantage of, especially to overcharge; soak.

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   What does Sting mean in the Bible?

   • Sting is a fascinating picture which represents death as a venomous creature, a scorpion or a hornet, which is rendered harmless. In the next verse Paul explains that "the sting of death is sin."

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   What is the sting of death?

   • This is the sting of death to you, unconverted ones, not that you are dying, but that after death is the judgment, and that you must stand before the Judge of the quick and dead to receive a sentence for the sins which you have committed in your body against him.” Only the fear of God can remove the fear of death.

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   noun. /stɪŋ/. /stɪŋ/. Idioms. . ( North American English also stinger) [countable] the sharp pointed part of an insect or creature that can go into the skin leaving a small, painful and sometimes poisonous wound. the sting of a bee. The scorpion has a sting in its tail.

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   1 sting /ˈstɪŋ/ verb

   stings; stung /ˈstʌŋ/ ; stinging

   1 sting

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   [phrasal verb]

   sting (someone) for (something) British, informal

   : to ask (someone) to give or lend you (something)

   •Can I sting you for some gum?

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   adjective

   •stinging tentacles

   •a stinging feeling

   •She gave him a stinging rebuke.

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   [singular] : a quick, sharp pain

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   sting to make somebody feel a sharp burning pain or uncomfortable feeling in part of their body; (of part of your body) to feel this pain: My eyes were stinging from the smoke. tingle (of part of your body) to feel as if a lot of small sharp points are pushing into the skin there:

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   What does the verb sting mean? There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb sting , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.