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sting

/ˈstɪŋ/noun, verb1 syllable

Sting means: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.

Synonyms for sting22

noun, as in a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, flimflam

noun, as in a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

bite, insect bite

noun, as in a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

stinging

noun, as in a mental pain or distress

pang

noun, as in operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

sting operation

verb, as in cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

bite, burn

verb, as in deliver a sting to

bite, prick

verb, as in cause a stinging pain

prick, twinge

verb, as in saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

stick

also used for sting

stinger, sounder, smart

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What does sting mean?10

noun

1

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

2

a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

3

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung“the sting of death”

4

a mental pain or distress“a pang of conscience”

5

operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act“the police conducted a sting operation”

verb

1

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort“The sun burned his face”

2

deliver a sting to“A bee stung my arm yesterday”

3

cause a stinging pain“The needle pricked his skin”

4

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous“They stuck me with the dinner bill”

5

cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging“His remark stung her”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sting?18

two syllables

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Sting in a sentence

  • Bumblebees can sting repeatedly like wasps, but their stinger doesn't easily penetrate human skin.shekitten
  • If you don't bother the bees, they're unlikely to sting you.CK
  • Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.Adelpa
  • Stay away from the jellyfish, they can sting you.Amastan
  • Many people think that dragonflies can sting you in the eye, but they can't.Barend
  • I remember the sting, both physical and emotional.Nuel
  • The scorpion struck with its venomous dart, leaving a burning sting.mraz
  • Most jellyfish stings aren't deadly, but many are pretty painful nonetheless.Vanilla

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of sting

as a noun

plural
stings

as a verb

past tense
stung
past participle
stung
third-person singular
stings
present participle
stinging