Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Storytelling in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, especially one published by White Wolf.

More definitions
  • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
  • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
  • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
  • a mental pain or distress

Examples

220 sentences
  1. I was stung by a bee.

    Мене вкусила бджола. — Balamax

    ruМеня ужалила пчела. — Arkadeko

    deIch wurde von einer Biene gestochen. — MUIRIEL

  2. I got stung by a bee.

    Мене вкусила бджола. — Balamax

    ruМеня ужалила пчела. — Arkadeko

    deMich hat eine Biene gestochen. — JayNo

  3. Do those insects sting?

    Чи ті комахи можуть ужалити? — ChickenKiev

    ruЭти насекомые кусаются? — Arkadeko

  4. A jellyfish stung Tom.

    Тома вжалила медуза. — deniko

  5. I got a bee sting.

    Мене вжалила оса. — deniko

    ruМеня ужалила пчела. — Arkadeko

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act:sting operation
  • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin:biteinsect bite
  • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung:stinging
  • a mental pain or distress:pang
  • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property:buncobunco gamebunkobunko gameconconfidence trickconfidence gamecon game

Collocations

8 patterns
  • stung by a
  • was stung by
  • bee sting
  • got stung by
  • a bee sting
  • jellyfish stings
  • got stung
  • stings kill

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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