sting
sting
stÉĒng
sting
/stˈÉĒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sting"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻāĻ‚āĻļāύ, āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž

a painful infliction caused by a small sharp and pointed organ that some insects have and use to penetrate the prey and inject poison
sting definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sting from the wasp left a red mark on his skin.
āϤāĻžāρāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§āϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻžāĻ— āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĻ, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ

operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
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āĻĻāĻ‚āĻļāύ, āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
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āĻĻāĻ‚āĻļāύ, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž

a mental pain or distress
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āĻšā§āϞ āĻĢā§‹āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

(of an animal or insect) to pierce the skin of another animal or a human, typically injecting poison, either in self-defense or while preying
Transitive: to sting sb
Intransitive
to sting definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mosquitoes use their proboscis to sting and feed on the blood of their hosts.
āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cheat or charge someone an unfairly high amount
Transitive: to sting sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vendor stung tourists with overpriced souvenirs.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āϭ⧇āύāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ āĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause emotional pain or discomfort with a comment or remark
Intransitive
Transitive: to sting sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His joke stung her, even though he did n’t mean to hurt her feelings.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĢā§‹āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to create a sudden, sharp pain or burning feeling
Transitive: to sting the skin
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soap stung her eyes, making them water instantly.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢā§‹āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž

to experience a sudden, sharp or burning pain
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scrape on his elbow stung after he fell off his bike.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āύ⧁āχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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