sting
Definitions
- A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- Storytelling in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, especially one published by White Wolf.
- 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.
- A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
- 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.
- A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity 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.
- The harmful or painful part of something.
- A goad; incitement.
- The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
Examples
“Look⟳ at this nasty hornet sting⟳: it's turned blue!”
“She died from a bee sting⟳.”
“That plant⟳ will give⟳ a little sting⟳ if you touch⟳ it.”
“the lurking serpent's mortal sting⟳”
“The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting⟳.”
“Shepard: I'm taking you in, Jax. Turian Bodyguard: It's a sting⟳. Bastard set⟳ us up. Jax: What the hell are you playing at?”
“The balance is mounted externally on top of the wind tunnel test⟳ section. A sting⟳ connects the balance to the model⟳.”
“The ſting of death is ſinne, […]”
“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.”
“O most potential love⟳! vow, bond, nor space, / In thee hath neither sting⟳, knot, nor confine”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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