STING

sting past tense and past participle stung

1 [intransitive and transitive] if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance:

He was stung by a bee.

! A bee, wasp, scorpion, or plant can sting you. For a mosquito, ant, or snake, use bite.

2 [intransitive and transitive] to make something hurt with a sudden sharp pain, or to hurt like this:

Antiseptic stings a little.

Chopping onions makes my eyes sting.

3 [intransitive,transitive usually passive] if you are stung by a remark, it makes you feel upset:

She had been stung by criticism.

sting somebody into (doing) something

Her harsh words stung him into action.

sting somebody for something

1 to charge someone too much for something:

The garage stung him for £300.

2 to borrow money from someone:

Can I sting you for a fiver?

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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