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