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41sting — 1. tv. to cheat or swindle someone; to overcharge someone. □ That street merchant stung me, but good. □ They are likely to sting you in any of those hock shops. 2. n. a well planned scheme to entrap criminals. □ The sting came off without a hitch …
42sting — [OE] Sting comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *stengg , which also produced Swedish stinga and Danish stinge. This denoted ‘pierce with something sharp’ (‘He with a spear stung the proud Viking’, Battle of Maldon 993), a meaning which was not …
43sting — I. verb (stung; stinging) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stingan; akin to Old Norse stinga to sting and probably to Greek stachys spike of grain, stochos target, aim Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to prick painfully: as …
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45STING — Software Technology Interest Group (http://dxsting.cern.ch/sting/sting.html) …
46sting·er — /ˈstıŋɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] chiefly US : a pointed part on an insect and animal that is used to sting someone the stinger of a bee called also (Brit) sting …
47sting — a stiff pointed spine, integumentary sheath, and accompanying venom glands. The integumentary sheath generally includes the venom glands, e.g. sting of Dasyatidae …
48Sting — Gordon Matthew Sumner, (nacido el 2 de octubre de 1951), más conocido por su nombre artístico Sting, es un músico inglés anteriormente bajista, cantante y líder del grupo musical The Police …
49Sting — 1. confidence trick; scam (originally US slang (1930s); from obsolete British slang (19th C.) sting rob or cheat someone) 2. drug, especially in a hypodermic injection, given to a racehorse; 3. strong drink …
50sting — Australian Slang 1. confidence trick; scam (originally US slang (1930s); from obsolete British slang (19th C.) sting rob or cheat someone) 2. drug, especially in a hypodermic injection, given to a racehorse; 3. strong drink …
