Sting Definition
stĭng
stinging, stings, stung
verb
stinging, stings, stung
To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
American Heritage Medicine
To prick or wound with a sting.
Webster's New World
To cause or feel sharp, smarting pain, either physical or mental.
His arm stinging from the blow.
Webster's New World
To cause to suffer emotionally; make unhappy.
To be stung by one's conscience.
Webster's New World
To use a sting; prick or wound with a sting.
Webster's New World
noun
stings
The act of stinging.
Webster's New World
A pain or wound resulting from or as from stinging.
Webster's New World
A sharp-pointed organ in insects and certain other animals, used to prick, wound, or inject poison.
Webster's New World
The ability or power to sting or wound.
Criticism with much sting in it.
Webster's New World
A thing that urges or stimulates; goad.
Webster's New World
Origin of Sting
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Middle English stingen from Old English stingan stegh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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