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sting - 10 definitions

- noun
1. sting -- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
synonyms: stinging
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. pang -- a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"
synonyms: pang
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. sting -- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
synonyms: bite, insect bite
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. bunco -- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, flimflam
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
5. bite -- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
synonyms: bite, burn
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. sting -- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
synonyms: bite, prick
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. stick -- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
synonyms: stick
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. prick -- cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
synonyms: prick, twinge
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. sting -- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. sting, stang -- to prick painfully
synonyms: stang, stung, stings, unstung, stinging, stinged, stong
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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