noun
a kind of pain
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- something as sudden and painful as being stung
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
noun
a mental pain or distress
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- a pang of conscience
noun
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
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noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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noun
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
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sting operation
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- the police conducted a sting operation
verb
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
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- The sun burned his face
verb
deliver a sting to
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- A bee stung my arm yesterday
verb
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
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- They stuck me with the dinner bill
- I was stung with a huge tax bill
verb
cause a stinging pain
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- The needle pricked his skin
verb
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
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- His remark stung her