A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur: the sting of curiosity.
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A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.
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A stinging power, quality, or capacity.
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Slang A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care, especially an operation organized and implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.
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The act of stinging.
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verb
To cause such pain.
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To feel a keen burning pain or smart.
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To wound one with or as if with a sting.
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To cause to suffer acutely .
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To affect with sharp quick pain or smart .
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verb-transitive
Slang To cheat or overcharge.
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To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain by or as if by pricking with a sharp point: smoke stinging our eyes.
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To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings: Those harsh words stung me bitterly.
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To pierce or wound painfully with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
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To spur on by or as if by sharp irritation.
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verb-intransitive
To cause or feel a sharp, smarting pain.
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To have, use, or wound with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
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