Sting ¹

Definition: Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.

Sting ²

Definition: A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.

Sting ³

Definition: Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.

Sting ⁴

Definition: The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

Sting ⁵

Definition: A goad; incitement.

Sting ⁶

Definition: The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

Sting ⁷

Definition: To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

Sting ⁸

Definition: To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.

Sting ⁹

Definition: To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

sting ¹⁰

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

sting ¹¹

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

sting ¹²

Definition: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"

sting ¹³

Definition: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"

sting ¹⁴

Definition: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

sting ¹⁵

Definition: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

sting ¹⁶

Definition: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"

sting ¹⁷

Definition: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

sting ¹⁸

Definition: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"