STING

sting, sting operation

(noun) operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act; “the police conducted a sting operation”

bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam

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

sting, bite, insect bite

(noun) a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect’s stinger into skin

pang, sting

(noun) a mental pain or distress; “a pang of conscience”

sting, stinging

(noun) a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; “the sting of death”; “he felt the stinging of nettles”

stick, sting

(verb) saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; “They stuck me with the dinner bill”; “I was stung with a huge tax bill”

sting, bite, prick

(verb) deliver a sting to; “A bee stung my arm yesterday”

sting

(verb) cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; “His remark stung her”

bite, sting, burn

(verb) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; “The sun burned his face”

prick, sting, twinge

(verb) cause a stinging pain; “The needle pricked his skin”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

STing (uncountable)

Storytelling in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, especially one published by White Wolf.

Synonyms

• Dungeon Mastering

• DMing

• GMing

Verb

STing

present participle of ST

Anagrams

• GTINs, Tings, gnits, tings

Etymology 1

Noun

sting (plural stings)

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

(botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.

The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

(law enforcement) 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, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.

A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.

(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.

A goad; incitement.

The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

Synonyms

• (pointed portion of an insect): stinger

Etymology 2

Verb

sting (third-person singular simple present stings, present participle stinging, simple past (rare, dialectal) stang or stung, past participle stung)

(ambitransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.

(transitive, of an insect) To bite.

(intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain.

(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.

Anagrams

• GTINs, Tings, gnits, tings

Source: Wiktionary

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Sting, n. Etym: [AS. sting a sting. See Sting, v. t.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.

3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach. The sting of death is sin. 1 Cor. xv. 56.

4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. "The lurking serpent's mortal sting." Shak.

5. A goad; incitement. Shak.

6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying. Sting moth (Zoöl.), an Australian moth (Doratifera vulnerans) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body, with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs.

– Sting ray. (Zoöl.) See under 6th Ray.

– Sting winkle (Zoöl.), a spinose marine univalve shell of the genus Murex, as the European species (Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex.

Sting, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stung (Archaic Stang (); p. pr. & vb. n. Stinging.] Etym: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. "Slander stings the brave." Pope.

3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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