17. sting any of various sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organs of insects or other animals.
18. sting Slang.
19. sting an ostensibly illegal operation, as the buying of stolen goods, used by undercover investigators to collect evidence of wrongdoing.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE stingan, c. ON stinga to pierce)
Definition of 'Sting'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)sting, stinging a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
2. (noun)pang, sting a mental pain or distress "a pang of conscience"
3. (noun)sting, bite, insect bite a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
4. (verb)bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
5. (verb)bite, sting, burn cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort "The sun burned his face"
6. (verb)sting, bite, prick deliver a sting to "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
7. (verb)stick, sting saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
8. (verb)prick, sting, twinge cause a stinging pain "The needle pricked his skin"
9. (verb)sting cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging "His remark stung her"
1. (verb)sting (of an insect or animal) to prick skin with poison nettles that sting; I was stung by a wasp.
2. sting to be or cause to be painful with a burning sensation The needle will sting your arm a little as it goes in.; Hay fever can make people's eyes sting.
3. sting to upset His words stung me.
4. (noun)sting a painful spot where an insect or animal stings you a bee/wasp sting
5. sting a painful feeling on your skin the sting of the cold wind
Definition of 'Sting'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)Sting 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. (verb)Sting a sharp-pointed hollowhair 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. (verb)Sting anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach
4. (verb)Sting the thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging
Definitions of Sting 
Afrikaans: angel
Arabic: إبْرَه
Bulgarian: жила
Brazilian: ferrão
Czech: žihadlo
German: der Stachel
Danish: hår; brod
Greek: κεντρί
Spanish: aguijón
Estonian: astel
Farsi: خار
Finnish: piikki, pistin
French: piquant, dard
Hebrew: עוֹקֶץ
Hindi: डंक, दंश
Croatian: žalac, bodljika
Hungarian: fullánk
Indonesian: sengat
Icelandic: broddur
Italian: pungiglione, aculeo
Japanese: とげ
Korean: 침
Lithuanian: geluonis
Latvian: dzelonis
Malay: sengat
Dutch: angel
Norwegian: brodd; neslehår
Polish: żądło
Portuguese: ferrão
Romanian: ac (la unele insecte/plan
Russian: жгучий волосок; жало
Slovak: žihadlo
Slovenian: bodica;želo
Serbian: žaoka
Swedish: gadd, brännhår
Thai: แผลถูกแมลงกัดต่อย
Turkish: iğne
Taiwanese: 螫針，刺
Ukrainian: жало
Urdu: ڈنک
Vietnamese: vòi, răng độc
Chinese: 螫针，刺
