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Noun
S:
(n)
sting
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stinging
(a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung)
"the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
S:
(n)
pang
,
sting
(a mental pain or distress)
"a pang of conscience"
S:
(n)
sting
,
bite
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insect bite
(a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin)
S:
(n)
bunco
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bunco game
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bunko
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bunko game
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con
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confidence trick
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confidence game
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con game
,
hustle
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sting
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flimflam
(a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
S:
(n)
sting
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sting operation
(operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act)
"the police conducted a sting operation"
Verb
S:
(v)
bite
,
sting
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burn
(cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)
"The sun burned his face"
S:
(v)
sting
,
bite
,
prick
(deliver a sting to)
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"
S:
(v)
stick
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sting
(saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous)
"They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
S:
(v)
prick
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sting
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twinge
(cause a stinging pain)
"The needle pricked his skin"
S:
(v)
sting
(cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging)
"His remark stung her"