Word: Sting
How to pronounce: stɪŋ
Noun
Definitions:
1. A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
Example sentences: "The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horns or pointed teeth or stings and poison glands."
2. A carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Wound or pierce with a sting.
Example sentences: "He was stung by a jellyfish"
2. Swindle or exorbitantly overcharge (someone)
Synonyms:
bite
smart
biting
prick
pluck
burn
pinch
pain
twinge
tingle
stick
throe
swindle
con
fraud
scam
Derivations:
stinger
stingo
stinginess
stinging
stingy
stingily
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Sting in Other Languages...
Spanish: Picadura
German: Stechen
French: Piqûre
Italian: Sting
Turkish: Sokmak
