stings

Noun

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
• a mental pain or distress
• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
• plural of sting

Verb

• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• deliver a sting to
• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
• cause a stinging pain
• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sting

Synonyms

bite, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, burn, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, insect bite, pang, prick, stick, sting, stinging, twinge