sting¹ /sting/

1. In some plants and animals a weapon (hair, modified ovipositor, tooth, etc) that pierces and injects poison
2. The act of inserting a sting
3. The pain or the wound caused
4. Any sharp, tingling, or irritating pain or its cause (also figurative)
5. The point of an epigram
6. The pain inflicted by wounding words, etc
7. Stinging power
8. Pungency
9. A goad
10. An incitement
11. (a substantial sum of money gained through) a deception, theft, etc (slang)
12. A trap for criminals set up by the police (slang)

1. To pierce, wound, pain, or incite with or as if with a sting
2. To goad or incite (with into)
3. To rob, cheat, or involve in expense (slang)

1. To have or use a power of stinging
2. To have a stinging feeling

stinged adjective

Having a sting

stingˈer noun

1. Someone who or something that stings
2. Anything stinging or pungent
3. A device of raised spikes thrown across the road by police to bring a speeding driver, esp of a stolen vehicle, to a halt
4. See also separate entry

stingˈing noun and adjective

stingˈingly adverb

stingˈless adjective

stingˈy adjective (informal)

stingˈbull or stingˈfish noun

The weever

stinging nettle noun

A common plant of the genus Urtica, with stinging hairs

stingˈray or (US and Aust) stingaree /stingˈgə-rē, -ə-rē or -rēˈ/ noun

A ray (Trygon or related genus) with a formidable barbed dorsal spine on its tail

sting in the tail

An unlooked-for final unpleasantness or irony

take the sting out of (informal)

To soften the pain of (lit and figurative)

sting² /sting/ (Scot)

A pole

sting and ling

1. With a rope slung from a pole
2. By force (figurative)

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