to sting
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2.3
- verb
- /stɪŋ/
- The wasp will sting if you get too close to its nest.
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Watch on YouTubeThe scorpion stings this toad and the toad dies.
- The scorpion stings this toad and the toad dies.
- OK, so bees cannot sting other bees.
- Arctic air stings my face and my throat sore from the salt.
- Oh, Ouch, that's going to sting like hell.
- But this gel, once it gets in your eye, it just really, really stings.
- Got hit by bees foot got stung, Dong got stung really bad.
- I it bounces off of me and you wrote, it'll sting, you'll see.
- You ever take pee pees and like, a little part of your tubie stings.
- Sometimes if like my pee got on it that would really sting.
- I'll tell you what I got to say that that half, that half has got to sting.
Examples
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I felt my eyes begin to sting, the inside of my nose draw tight.
Fiction book (1991) -
The smoke was beginning to sting my eyes badly; I was going right into it.
Fiction book (1992) -
This will only sting for a moment.
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This is gonna sting a bit.
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This may sting a little.
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And the one thing I will mention is if you ever try it, the drops do burn or sting a little bit.
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It's starting to sting.
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This could really sting.
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That's got to sting.
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Now that's gotta sting.
Synonyms
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1.0
Make someone suffer physical or emotional pain
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1.8
To feel a hot, stinging pain after heat or chemicals
92
3.1
To cause a sharp, stinging pain, often from cold or wind
26
3.3
A small prickly feeling on the skin often caused by excitement or cold
14
4.7
To cause a small sharp pain like a sting
10
3.3
A sudden strong feeling of hurt in one small part of the body
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1.1
To make someone feel physical hurt
8
3.5
A sudden sharp feeling, often of pain or strong emotion
4
4.0
Cause a small stinging or tingling feeling on the skin
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3.2
A sudden, strong, short pain like a small prick
1
6.5
To feel a sudden sharp pain or a quick strong feeling of regret
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6.0
To feel a sudden sharp pain in the body or a quick strong feeling in the mind
A sudden sharp pain that passes quickly through part of the body
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Etymology
Sting as a verb originally meant 'to prick' (Old English stingan) and, just like a bee's stinger, it makes a quick sharp pain, which is why to sting is to cause that pain.