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stung

  [stuhng] ,
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–verb
a pt. and pp. of sting.

sting

  [sting] ,verb, stung or (Obsolete) stang; stung; sting⋅ing; noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
2. to affect painfully or irritatingly as a result of contact, as certain plants do: to be stung by nettles.
3. to cause to smart or to cause a sharp pain: The blowing sand stung his eyes.
4. to cause mental or moral anguish: to be stung with remorse.
5. to goad or drive, as by sharp irritation.
6. Slang. to cheat or take advantage of, esp. to overcharge; soak.
–verb (used without object)
7. to use, have, or wound with a sting, as bees.
8. to cause a sharp, smarting pain, as some plants, an acrid liquid or gas, or a slap or hit.
9. to cause acute mental pain or irritation, as annoying thoughts or one's conscience: The memory of that insult still stings.
10. to feel acute mental pain or irritation: He was stinging from the blow to his pride.
11. to feel a smarting pain, as from a blow or the sting of an insect.
–noun
12. an act or an instance of stinging.
13. a wound, pain, or smart caused by stinging.
14. any sharp physical or mental wound, hurt, or pain.
15. anything or an element in anything that wounds, pains, or irritates: to feel the sting of defeat; Death, where is thy sting?
16. capacity to wound or pain: Satire has a sting.
17. a sharp stimulus or incitement: driven by the sting of jealousy; the sting of ambition.
18. Botany. a glandular hair on certain plants, as nettles, that emits an irritating fluid.
19. Zoology. any of various sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organs of insects and other animals capable of inflicting painful or dangerous wounds.
20. Slang.
a. confidence game.
b. an ostensibly illegal operation, as the buying of stolen goods or the bribing of public officials, used by undercover investigators to collect evidence of wrongdoing.
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME stingen, OE stingan to pierce; c. ON stinga to pierce, Goth -stangan (in usstangan to pull out); (n.) ME sting(e), OE: act of stinging, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
sting⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
stingless, adjective
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sting   (stĭng)   
v.   stung (stŭng), sting·ing, stings

v.   tr.
  1. To pierce or wound painfully with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
  2. To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain by or as if by pricking with a sharp point: smoke stinging our eyes.
  3. To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings: Those harsh words stung me bitterly.
  4. To spur on by or as if by sharp irritation.
  5. Slang To cheat or overcharge.
v.   intr.
  1. To have, use, or wound with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
  2. To cause or feel a sharp, smarting pain.
n.  
  1. The act of stinging.
  2. The wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging.
  3. A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.
  4. A stinging power, quality, or capacity.
  5. A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur: the sting of curiosity.
  6. Slang A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care, especially an operation organized and implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.

[Middle English stingen, from Old English stingan; see stegh- in Indo-European roots.]
sting'ing·ly adv.
stung   (stŭng)   
v.  Past tense and past participle of sting.
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Stung

Stung\, imp. & p. p. of Sting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: stung
past and past participle of STING
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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