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Definition of Stinging

Stinging
Stinging Sting"ing, a. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. -- Sting"ing*ly, adv. Stinging cell. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.
Stinging
Sting Sting, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stung(Archaic Stang); p. pr. & vb. n. Stinging.] [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.] 1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands. 2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. ``Slander stings the brave.' --Pope. 3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

Meaning of Stinging from wikipedia

- lesions. Stinging insects produce a painful swelling of the skin, the severity of the lesion varying according to the location of the sting, the identity...
- The Sting is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936, it involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to...
- often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger...
- Look up sting, stinging, or stings in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sting may refer to: Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom...
- Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor. He was the frontman, prin****l songwriter...
- A stinging plant or a plant with stinging hairs is a plant with hairs (trichomes) on its leaves or stems that are capable of injecting substances that...
- Dendrocnide moroides, commonly known in Australia as the stinging tree, stinging bush, or gympie-gympie, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae found...
- two issues each year. In 2005, The Stinging Fly moved into a book publishing with the establishment of The Stinging Fly Press. The magazine has been described...
- Virginia, who gets elected to the U.S. Senate. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. Now you see me...
- bee sting is the wound and pain caused by the stinger of a female bee puncturing skin. Bee stings differ from insect bites, with the venom of stinging insects...