sting

1. Sharp momentary pain, most commonly produced by the puncture of the skin by many species of arthropods, including hexapods, myriapods, and arachnids; can also be produced by jellyfish, sea urchins, sponges, mollusks, and several species of venomous fish, such as the stingray, toadfish, rabbitfish, and catfish. 2. The venom apparatus of a stinging animal, consisting of a chitinous spicule or bony spine and a venom gland or sac. 3. To introduce (or the process of introducing) a venom by stinging. [O.E. stingan]

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sting 'stiŋ vb, stung 'stəŋ; sting·ing 'stiŋ-iŋ vt to prick painfully: as

a) to pierce or wound with a poisonous or irritating process

b) to affect with sharp quick pain vi to feel or cause a keen burning pain or smart <the injection stung>

sting n

1 a) the act of stinging specif the thrust of a stinger into the flesh

b) a wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging

2) STINGER (1)

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(sting) 1. an injury caused by the venom of a plant or animal (biotoxin) introduced into or contacted by the individual, often exacerbated by mechanical trauma caused by the organ responsible for its introduction. 2. the organ used to inflict such injury.