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nouna painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
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nouna mental pain or distress
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"the police conducted a sting operation"nounoperation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
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verbdeliver a sting totype of:
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verbcause a stinging pain
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verbcause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
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"the sting of death" "he felt the stinging of nettles"nouna kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
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nouna swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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verbsaddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
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verbcause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
Examples of sting
- "the police conducted a sting operation"
- "the sting of death"
- "he felt the stinging of nettles"