Sting vs. Stang

Sting and Stang Definitions
Sting
To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
Stang
A past tense of sting.
Sting
To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain
Smoke stinging our eyes.
Stang
A forked ritual staff.
Sting
To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings
Those harsh words stung me.
Stang
A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
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Sting
To spur on or stimulate by sharp irritation
"A meaningless retort.
The kind someone is stung into making out of sheer exasperation" (Paul Scott).
Stang
In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
Sting
(Slang) To cheat or overcharge.
Stang
To shoot with pain, to sting.
Sting
To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ
Do all bees sting?.
Stang
To spear; to sting.
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Sting
To cause a sharp, smarting pain
The needle will sting a little.
Stang
A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
Sting
The act of stinging.
Stang
In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
Sting
The wound or pain caused by stinging.
Stang
To shoot with pain.
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Sting
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.
Sting
A hurtful quality or power
The sting of rejection.
Sting
A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur
The sting of curiosity.
Sting
(Slang) A confidence game, especially one implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.
Sting
A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
Look at this nasty hornet sting: it's turned blue!
Sting
A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
She died from a bee sting.
Sting
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Sting
A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis
That plant will give a little sting if you touch it.
Sting
(botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
Sting
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Sting
(law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
The criminal gang was caught after a successful sting.
Sting
A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
Sting
A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify the broadcasting station.
Sting
A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
Sting
(figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
Sting
A goad; incitement.
Sting
The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Sting
(ambitransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
An adder came out of a little heathbush, and it stung a man in the foot.
Sting
To puncture with the stinger.
A mosquito stung me on the arm.
Sting
To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.
Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.
Sting
(figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!
Sting
Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Sting
A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
Sting
Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
The sting of death is sin.
Sting
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Sting
A goad; incitement.
Sting
The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Sting
To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
Sting
To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.
Sting
To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
Sting
A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung;
The sting of death
He felt the stinging of nettles
Sting
A mental pain or distress;
A pang of conscience
Sting
A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Sting
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Sting
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;
The sun burned his face
Sting
Deliver a sting to;
A bee stung my arm yesterday
Sting
Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;
They stuck me with the dinner bill
I was stung with a huge tax bill
Sting
Cause a stinging pain;
The needle pricked his skin
Sting
Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging;
His remark stung her