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    sting
    /stɪŋ/

    noun

    verb

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  2. sting noun (HURT) [ C or S ] 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. [ S ] the feeling of being upset by something:

  3. The meaning of STING is to prick painfully. How to use sting in a sentence. to prick painfully: such as; to pierce or wound with a poisonous or irritating process; to affect with sharp quick pain or smart…

  4. Sting definition: to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.. See examples of STING used in a sentence.

  5. 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. A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur: the sting of curiosity. 6.

  6. 1. (of certain animals and plants) to inflict a wound on (an organism) by the injection of poison. 2. to feel or cause to feel a sharp mental or physical pain. 3. (transitive) to goad or incite (esp in the phrase sting into action) 4. (transitive) informal. to cheat, esp by overcharging.

  7. STING definition: 1. If an insect, plant, etc stings you, it causes pain by putting poison into your skin: 2. If…. Learn more.

  8. 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. "Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee!"

  9. 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:

  10. noun. /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. The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly. Topics Insects, worms, etc. b2.

  11. Noun. Filter. verb. stinging, stings, stung. To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects. American Heritage Medicine. To prick or wound with a sting. Webster's New World. To cause or feel sharp, smarting pain, either physical or mental. His arm stinging from the blow. Webster's New World.