Sting

Noun

 * 1) A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
 * 2) A bite by an insect.
 * 3) A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
 * 4) A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
 * 5)  A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
 * 6) A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
 * 7) A  brief sequence of music used in films & TV as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or comedic scene.
 * 8) A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.

Synonyms

 * stinger

Verb

 * 1)  To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
 * Right so came out an adder of a little heathbush, and it stung a knight in the foot.
 * Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.
 * 1)  To bite.
 * 2)  To hurt, to be in pain.
 * My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.

Derived terms

 * sting like a bee
 * stingy

Adjectives for Sting
momentary; jealous; sudden; unworthy; painful; galling; rancorous; brutish; fiery; myriad; careless; venomous.

Verbs for Sting
allay—; alleviate—;  escape—; inflict—; mitigate—; palliate—; relieve—; salve—; treat—; wince at—; —envenoms; —incenses; —inflames; —irritates; —lancinates; —nettles; —perforates; —piques; —poisons; —-pricks; —punctures; —rends; —tingles.

Thesaurus
acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aculeus, acuminate, acumination, affect, afflict, affront, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, astringency, auger, barb the dart, be keen, beat, beesting, beguile of, bilk, bit, bite, bite the tongue, bitterness, bleed, bleed white, borer, bristle with, bruise, bunco, burn, burning, burning pain, buzz, causticity, chafe, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, clip, cog, cog the dice, come home to, con, convulse, cozen, crib, crucify, cusp, cut, cut up, dart, defraud, diddle, distress, do in, do out of, drill, edge, euchre, excruciate, exploit, fang, fester, fierceness, finagle, fire, flam, fleece, flimflam, flog, fob, fret, fudge, gad, gadfly, gall, give offense, give pain, give umbrage, gnaw, go deep, go through one, goad, gouge, grate, grieve, grind, grip, gripe, gull, gyp, harrow, harshness, have, have an edge, hocus, hocus-pocus, hold up, hurt, hurt the feelings, inflame, inflict pain, injure, irritate, itch, keenness, kill by inches, lacerate, lash, martyr, martyrize, melt, melt the heart, mordacity, mordancy, move, mucro, mulct, neb, needle, nettle, nib, nip, nudge, offend, outrage, overcharge, overprice, overtax, oxgoad, pack the deal, pain, paresthesia, penetrate, pierce, pigeon, pinch, pins and needles, poignancy, point, poke, practice fraud upon, prick, prickle, prickles, prickling, prod, profiteer, prolong the agony, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rigor, rip off, rob, rook, roughness, rowel, rub, scam, scratch, screw, sell gold bricks, severity, sharpness, shave, shortchange, skin, smart, smarting, snakebite, soak, soften, spur, stab, stack the cards, stick, stimulate, stinger, stinging, stir, stridency, stringency, surcharge, swindle, take a dive, tang, tartness, teeth, thimblerig, thrill, throw a fight, tingle, tingling, tip, torment, torture, touch, touch a chord, trenchancy, tweak, twist, twist the knife, urtication, vehemence, victimize, violence, virulence, whip, whiplash, wound, wring

Etymology 1
sting:

Etymology 2
stingan:

Noun

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Japanese: 刺し傷;  刺傷
 * Norwegian: stikk


 * Armenian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Japanese: 虫さされ
 * Norwegian: stikk
 * Russian: укус насекомого (read: nasekómovo)
 * Telugu: కుట్టు (kuTTu)


 * Armenian: ,
 * French: dard
 * Norwegian: brodd


 * Russian:
 * Spanish: aguijón


 * Finnish:


 * Telugu: కుట్టు (kuTTu)


 * Finnish: soluttautuminen


 * German: verdeckte Operation


 * : steek
 * : sengatan
 * : piccatura
 * : picadura

Verb

 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Romanian:


 * Russian: причинять боль,   чувствовать боль,   испытывать боль,


 * Arabic: لسع
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  ,  刺痛
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: żądlić,  użądlić,  kąsać,   ukąsić
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:,   ;   ,   укусить
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కుట్టు (kuTTu)
 * Ukrainian:,  ужалити,  кусати,   укусити


 * : pickoj
 * : steken


 * : menyengat, mengantup
 * : piccar, punger
 * : picar

Anagrams

 * tings

Noun

 * , stinging (of an animal)

Etymology
From stingan:.