sting
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
government
law-enforcement
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old English sting, stincg (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stingaz; possibly also from Old English stynġ, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz.
Inflected forms:
form: stings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stings
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stinging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: stung
pos: verb
tags: past
form: stang
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
past
rare
form: stung
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
pos: noun
examples: Look at this nasty hornet sting: it's turned blue!
gloss: A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
pos: noun
examples: She died from a bee sting.
gloss: A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
pos: noun
gloss: A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
pos: noun
examples: That plant will give a little sting if you touch it.
gloss: A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
pos: noun
gloss: The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
pos: noun
examples: the lurking serpent's mortal sting
gloss: A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
pos: noun
examples: The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting.
Shepard: I'm taking you in, Jax.
Turian Bodyguard: It's a sting. Bastard set us up.
Jax: What the hell are you playing at?
gloss: A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
pos: noun
gloss: A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
pos: noun
gloss: A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
pos: noun
examples: The balance is mounted externally on top of the wind tunnel test section. A sting connects the balance to the model.
gloss: The harmful or painful part of something.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: The ſting of death is ſinne, […]
Better is 20 R-R5, threatening 21 KR-R1. This action would compel exchanges and reduce the sting of Black's attack.
Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.
gloss: A goad; incitement.
pos: noun
examples: O most potential love! vow, bond, nor space, / In thee hath neither sting, knot, nor confine
gloss: The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
pos: noun
gloss: To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
gloss: To puncture with the stinger.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A mosquito stung me on the arm.
gloss: To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
sometimes
examples: My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.
Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.
But Birmingham were clearly stung by some harsh words from manager Alex McLeish at the break and within 15 minutes of the restart the game had an entirely different complexion.
While the absence of replayable story missions certainly stings for many fans, Halo Infinite’s campaign still has plenty to offer.
gloss: To cause harm or pain to.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!
Derived words: bee sting
countersting
counter-sting
European sting winkle
ring sting
sting in the tail
stingless
unsting
outsting
resting
stingable
stingbull
stingfish
stinging nettle
sting like a bee
stingo
stingproof
stingray
stingy
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: poltinkarva
lang: Welsh
word: blew pigog
lang: Afrikaans
word: steek
lang: Albanian
word: pickoj
lang: Arabic
word: طَعَنَ
roman: ṭaʕana
lang: Czech
word: bodnout
lang: Czech
word: kousnout
lang: Czech
word: píchnout
lang: Esperanto
word: piki
lang: Finnish
word: pistää
lang: Finnish
word: purra
lang: Galician
word: aferretar
lang: German
word: stechen
lang: Greek
word: τσιμπάω
roman: tsimpáo
lang: Latin
word: pungō
lang: Latvian
word: dzelt
lang: Māori
word: nanamu
lang: Norman
word: pitchi
lang: Polish
word: żądlić
lang: Polish
word: użądlić
lang: Quechua
word: wach'iy
lang: Romanian
word: împunge
lang: Russian
word: причиня́ть боль
roman: pričinjátʹ bolʹ
lang: Russian
word: чу́вствовать боль
roman: čúvstvovatʹ bolʹ
lang: Russian
word: испы́тывать боль
roman: ispýtyvatʹ bolʹ
lang: Russian
word: боле́ть
roman: bolétʹ
lang: Spanish
word: picar
lang: Spanish
word: pinchar
lang: Spanish
word: arder
lang: Tagalog
word: nasakitan
lang: Turkish
word: ısırmak
lang: Turkish
word: sokmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صوقمق
roman: sokmak