sting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɪŋ/Category:English 1-syllable words#STINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#STING
- (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈstɪŋɡ/Category:English 1-syllable words#STINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#STING
- Rhymes: -ɪŋCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪŋ#STINGCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪŋ/1 syllable#STING
- Hyphenation: sting
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#STING styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#STING sting, stincg (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STING *stingaz; possibly also from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#STING stynġ, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STING *stungiz.
Noun
sting (plural stings)Category:English lemmas#STINGCategory:English nouns#STINGCategory:English countable nouns#STINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
- She died from a bee sting.Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- Synonym: stinger
- A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
- That plant will give a little sting if you touch it.Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
- (botanyCategory:en:Botany#STING) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
- The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- the lurking serpent's mortal stingCategory:English terms with quotations#STING
- (law enforcementCategory:en:Law enforcement#STING) A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
- The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting.Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
- Shepard: I'm taking you in, Jax.Category:English terms with quotations#STING
Turian Bodyguard: It's a sting. Bastard set us up.
Jax: What the hell are you playing at?
- A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
- A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
- Synonym: sounder
- A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
- 2001, T. J. Mueller, Fixed and Flapping Wing Aerodynamics for Micro Air Vehicle Applications, page 118:
- The balance is mounted externally on top of the wind tunnel test section. A sting connects the balance to the model.Category:English terms with quotations#STING
- (figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:56, column 1:
- The ſting of death is ſinne, […]Category:English terms with quotations#STING
- 1962 September, I. A. Horowitz, “Readers' Games”, in Chess Review:
- Better is 20 R-R5, threatening 21 KR-R1. This action would compel exchanges and reduce the sting of Black's attack.Category:English terms with quotations#STING
- 2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:
- Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.Category:English terms with quotations#STING
- A goad; incitement.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- O most potential love! vow, bond, nor space, / In thee hath neither sting, knot, nor confineCategory:English terms with quotations#STING
- The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Synonyms
- (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid): stinger
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#STING stingen, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#STING stingan, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STINGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STING *stinganą. Compare Swedish and Icelandic stinga.
Verb
sting (third-person singular simple present stings, present participle stinging, simple past stung or (rare, dialectal) stang, past participle stung)Category:English lemmas#STINGCategory:English verbs#STINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#STINGCategory:English intransitive verbs#STING) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#STING, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
- A mosquito stung me on the arm.Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#STING, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
- Synonym: smart
- My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
- My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
- Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
- 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:
- But Birmingham were clearly stung by some harsh words from manager Alex McLeish at the break and within 15 minutes of the restart the game had an entirely different complexion.Category:English terms with quotations#STING
- 2021 December 11, Julian Young, “Halo Infinite players will soon be able to replay campaign missions”, in Dexerto:
- While the absence of replayable story missions certainly stings for many fans, Halo Infinite’s campaign still has plenty to offer.Category:English terms with quotations#STING
- (figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
- I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!Category:English terms with usage examples#STING
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 1
Noun
stingCategory:Middle English lemmas#STINGCategory:Middle English nouns#STINGCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- alternative form of styng
Etymology 2
Verb
stingCategory:Middle English lemmas#STINGCategory:Middle English verbs#STINGCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- (NorthernCategory:Northern Middle English#STING) alternative form of styngen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb stinge.
Noun
sting n (definite singular stinget, indefinite plural sting, definite plural stinga or stingene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#STINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#STINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
References
- “sting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb stinga, from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#STING stinga, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STING *stinganą.
Noun
sting m (definite singular stingen, indefinite plural stingar or stinger, definite plural stingane or stingene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#STINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#STINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
Noun
sting n (definite singular stinget, indefinite plural sting, definite plural stinga)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#STINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#STINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- a stitch (in sewing and surgery)
References
- “sting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STINGCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STING *stingaz; akin to stingan.
Pronunciation
Noun
sting mCategory:Old English lemmas#STINGCategory:Old English nouns#STINGCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Old English masculine nouns#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- sting, stinging (of an animal)
- stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
Romanian
Verb
stingCategory:Romanian non-lemma forms#STINGCategory:Romanian verb forms#STINGCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- inflection of stinge:
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
stingCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#STINGCategory:Swedish verb forms#STINGCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#STINGCategory:Pages with entries#STINGCategory:Pages with 7 entries#STING
- imperative of stinga