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sting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English stynge, sting, stenge, from Old English sting, stin?? (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stangiz.
Noun
sting (plural stings)
- 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.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- Synonym: stinger
- A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
- (botany) 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.
- (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
- 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.
- A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
- (figuratively) The harmful or painful part of something.
- A goad; incitement.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint
- The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Synonyms
- (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid): stinger
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English stingen, from Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stingan?. Compare Swedish and Icelandic stinga.
Verb
sting (third-person singular simple present stings, present participle stinging, simple past and past participle stung or (rare, dialectal) stang)
- (transitive, intransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
- (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
- (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
- (figuratively) To cause harm or pain to.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- GTINs, Tings, gnits, tings
Middle English
Noun
sting
- Alternative form of stynge
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb stinge
Noun
sting n (definite singular stinget, indefinite plural sting, definite plural stinga or stingene)
- a stitch (in sewing and surgery)
- stitch (pain in the side)
References
- “sting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb stinge
Noun
sting m (definite singular stingen, indefinite plural stingar or stinger, definite plural stingane or stingene)
- stitch (pain in the side)
sting n (definite singular stinget, indefinite plural sting, definite plural stinga)
- a stitch (in sewing and surgery)
References
- “sting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stangiz; akin to stingan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stin?/, [sti??]
Noun
sting m
- sting, stinging (of an animal)
Descendants
- Middle English: stynge, stenge, sting, steng
- English: sting
- Scots: sting
Romanian
Verb
sting
- first-person singular present indicative of stinge
- first-person singular present subjunctive of stinge
- third-person plural present indicative of stinge
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
sting
- imperative of stinga.
Anagrams
- tings
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stingan?. Compare Icelandic, Faroese stinga, Swedish stinga, sticka, stånga, English sting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²st(e)i??/
- Rhymes: -ì??
Verb
sting, stikk (present stikk, preterite stang or stakk, plural ståkk, supine ståkkä, past participle stongän or ståkkä)
- (transitive, intransitive) To sting, stab, gore.
Derived terms
- naut-stongän, naut-ståkkä
- mark-stongen
Related terms
- stang
- stöing
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envenomation
English
Etymology
envenom +? -ation
Noun
envenomation (countable and uncountable, plural envenomations)
- The injection of a venom by means of a sting, etc.
- The deterioration in the surface quality of a plastic that is in contact with another material.
Hypernyms
- poisoning
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