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. (noun)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