Definition of "sting" []

• To pierce or wound painfully with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects. (verb-transitive)
• To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain by or as if by pricking with a sharp point: smoke stinging our eyes. (verb-transitive)
• To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings: Those harsh words stung me bitterly. (verb-transitive)
• To spur on by or as if by sharp irritation. (verb-transitive)
• Slang To cheat or overcharge. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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