Meaning

13 senses
  1. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

    Look at this nasty hornet sting: it's turned blue!

    Stich

    укусukus

  2. A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.

    She died from a bee sting.

    Stich, Biss, Insektenstich

    уку́с насеко́могоukús nasekómovo

  3. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

  4. A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.

    That plant will give a little sting if you touch it.

  5. A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.

  6. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

    a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

  7. A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.

    The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting.

    verdeckte Operation

    operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

  8. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.

  9. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.

  10. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.

  11. (figuratively)The harmful or painful part of something.

  12. A goad; incitement.

Examples

220 sentences
  1. I was stung by a bee.

    Мене вкусила бджола.

    ruМеня ужалила пчела.

    deIch wurde von einer Biene gestochen.

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  2. I got stung by a bee.

    Мене вкусила бджола.

    ruМеня ужалила пчела.

    deMich hat eine Biene gestochen.

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  3. Do those insects sting?

    Чи ті комахи можуть ужалити?

    ruЭти насекомые кусаются?

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  4. A jellyfish stung Tom.

    Тома вжалила медуза.

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  5. I got a bee sting.

    Мене вжалила оса.

    ruМеня ужалила пчела.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
bump on skin:
puncture:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
bump on skin:
puncture:
police operation:

Origin

From Middle English styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old English sting, stincg (“a sting

From Middle English styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old English sting, stincg (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stingaz; possibly also from Old English stynġ, from Proto-Germanic *stungiz.

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Forms

plural: stings
Singularsting
Pluralstings

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

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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