English Explanatory Dictionary

sting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
  2. A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
  3. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
  4. A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
  5. A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
  6. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
  7. A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
  8. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
  9. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
  10. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
  11. The harmful or painful part of something.
  12. A goad; incitement.
verb
  1. To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
  2. To puncture with the stinger.
  3. To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
  4. To cause harm or pain to.
noun
  1. Storytelling in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, especially one published by White Wolf.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of ST

Pronunciation

/ˈstɪŋ/ en-us-sting.ogg /ˈstɪŋɡ/

Word forms

sting stings stinging stung stang

Etymology

From Middle English styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old English sting, stincg (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stingaz; possibly also from Old English stynġ, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz.

Synonyms

stinger sounder smart Dungeon Mastering DMing GMing

Derived words

bee sting countersting counter-sting European sting winkle ring sting sting in the tail stingless unsting outsting resting stingable stingbull stingfish stinging nettle sting like a bee stingo stingproof stingray stingy

Translations

Finnish: poltinkarva Welsh: blew pigog Afrikaans: steek Albanian: pickoj Arabic: طَعَنَ Czech: bodnout Czech: kousnout Czech: píchnout Esperanto: piki Finnish: pistää Finnish: purra Galician: aferretar German: stechen Greek: τσιμπάω Latin: pungō Latvian: dzelt Māori: nanamu Norman: pitchi Polish: żądlić Polish: użądlić Quechua: wach'iy Romanian: împunge Russian: причиня́ть боль Russian: чу́вствовать боль Russian: испы́тывать боль Russian: боле́ть Spanish: picar Spanish: pinchar Spanish: arder Tagalog: nasakitan Turkish: ısırmak Turkish: sokmak Ottoman Turkish: صوقمق
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