Definitions for sting
stɪŋsting

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sting, stinging(noun)

   a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

   "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"

2. pang, sting(noun)

   a mental pain or distress

   "a pang of conscience"

3. sting, bite, insect bite(noun)

   a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

4. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam(verb)

   a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

5. bite, sting, burn(verb)

   cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

   "The sun burned his face"

6. sting, bite, prick(verb)

   deliver a sting to

   "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

7. stick, sting(verb)

   saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

   "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

8. prick, sting, twinge(verb)

   cause a stinging pain

   "The needle pricked his skin"

9. sting(verb)

   cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

   "His remark stung her"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sting(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

2. Sting(verb)

   a sharp-pointed hollow hair 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

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

3. Sting(verb)

   anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

4. Sting(verb)

   the thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

5. Sting(verb)

   a goad; incitement

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

6. Sting(verb)

   the point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

7. Sting(verb)

   to pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

8. Sting(verb)

   to pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

9. Sting(verb)

   to goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches

   Etymology: [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sting

   Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE, known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist. He is best known as the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist for the rock band The Police before launching a solo career. Sting has varied his musical style, incorporating distinct elements of jazz, reggae, classical, New Age, and worldbeat into his music. As a solo musician and member of the Police, Sting has received 16 Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, three Brit Awards – winning Best British Male in 1994, a Golden Globe, an Emmy Award, and several Oscar nominations for Best Original Song. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sting

   sting, v.t. to stick anything sharp into, to pain acutely.—v.i. to have a sting: to give pain:—pa.t. and pa.p. stung.—n. the sharp-pointed weapon of some animals: the thrust of a sting into the flesh: anything that causes acute pain: any stimulus or impulse: the point in the last verse of an epigram.—n. Sting′er, one who, or that which, stings.—adv. Sting′ingly, with stinging.—adj. Sting′less, having no sting.—n. Sting′-ray, a genus of cartilaginous fishes, of the order of Rays, and family Trygonidæ, the long tail bearing dorsally a long bi-serrated spine capable of giving an ugly wound. [A.S. stingan; Ice. stinga.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sting in a Sentence

1. Eric Johnson:

   Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; I got Parkinson’s, it ain’t got me.

2. Mary McNamara:

   This is really a case about what the appropriate sentence should be, and here is a young guy who is immature, said some stupid things online, and the FBI sent out their best people to try to get a sting operation going.

3. Brandon Garic Notch:

   The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.”

4. Adriano Enong:

   Our undercover agents killed two known drug peddlers in sting operations, there was a shootout between undercover police officers and drug peddlers when the men sensed they had sold 500 pesos ($10.80) worth of drugs to policemen.

5. Frederika Bremer:

   There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.

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