Definition of Sting

Verb: sting (stang,stung)  sting

  1. Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
    "The sun stang his face";
    - bite, burn
     
  2. Deliver a sting to
    - bite, prick
     
  3. Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
    - stick
     
  4. Cause a stinging pain
    "The needle stang his skin";
    - prick, twinge
     
  5. Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
Noun: sting  sting
  1. A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
    "the sting of death";
    - stinging
     
  2. A mental pain or distress
    "a sting of conscience";
    - pang
     
  3. A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
    - bite, insect bite
     
  4. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    - bunco [N. Amer], bunco game [N. Amer], bunko [N. Amer], bunko game [N. Amer], con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, flimflam

See also:
stimying
stingaree

Anagrams containing the word sting

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