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Sting

[n] a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
[n] a painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin
[n] a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"
[n] a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
[v] saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
[v] of insects, scorpions, or other animals; "A bee stung my arm yesterday."
[v] cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
[v] cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
[v] cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"


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