sting

to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.

to affect painfully or irritatingly as a result of contact, as certain plants do.

to cause to smart or to cause a sharp pain.

to cause mental or moral anguish.

to goad or drive, as by sharp irritation.

Slang.��to cheat or take advantage of, especially to overcharge; soak.

to use, have, or wound with a sting, as bees.

to cause a sharp, smarting pain, as some plants, an acrid liquid or gas, or a slap or hit.

to cause acute mental pain or irritation, as annoying thoughts or one's conscience.

to feel acute mental pain or irritation.

to feel a smarting pain, as from a blow or the sting of an insect.

an act or instance of stinging.

a wound, pain, or smart caused by stinging.

any sharp physical or mental wound, hurt, or pain.

anything or an element in anything that wounds, pains, or irritates.

capacity to wound or pain.

a sharp stimulus or incitement.

Botany.��a glandular hair on certain plants, as nettles, that emits an irritating fluid.

Zoology.��any of various sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organs of insects and other animals capable of inflicting painful or dangerous wounds.

Slang.��

1. confidence game.

2. an ostensibly illegal operation, as the buying of stolen goods or the bribing of public officials, used by undercover investigators to collect evidence of wrongdoing.

Television.��Sometimes a brief burst of music or a sound effect used to emphasize a moment of humor, drama, or fright in a show, or to punctuate a transition or another part of a show’s structure.