sting
English
/stɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- A bite by an insect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- 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.
- (figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
- A goad; incitement.
- The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stynge inherited from Old English sting inherited from Proto-Germanic *stangiz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stangiz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bull English
- countersting English
- fish English
- ray English
- stingable English
- stingbull English
- stinger English
- stingerless English
- stingest English
- stingeth English
- stingfish English
- stinging English
- stingingly English
- stingless English
- stinglessness English
- stingo English
- stingproof English
- stingray English
- unsting English
- *stangiz Proto-Germanic
- *stinganą Proto-Germanic
- sting Old English
- stynge Middle English
- styngyng Middle English
- stinga Old Norse
- estinga Galician
- stingre Tok Pisin