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63 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• sting n. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
• sting n. A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
• sting n. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
• sting n. A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis.
• sting n. (Botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
• sting n. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
• sting n. (Law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
• sting n. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
• sting n. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of scenic punctuation or to identify…
• sting n. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
• sting n. (Figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
• sting n. A goad; incitement.
• sting n. The concluding point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
• sting v. (Transitive, intransitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
• sting v. (Transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
• sting v. (Intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
• sting v. (Figurative) To cause harm or pain to.
• STing n. Storytelling in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, especially one published by White Wolf.
• STing v. Present participle of ST.
• s***ting v. Present participle of s***.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • sting n. Alternative form of stynge.
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • sting n. A stitch (in sewing and surgery).
  • sting n. Stitch (pain in the side).
• Old english
  • sting n. Sting, stinging (of an animal).
• Romanian
  • sting v. Inflection of stinge…
• Swedish
  • sting v. Imperative of stinga.
• Westrobothnian
  • sting v. (Transitive, intransitive) To sting, stab, gore.

— English words, defined in German —

• sting S. Die manchen Tieren und Pflanzen eigene spitze Waffe (mit Gift).
• sting S. Die durch sie verursachte kleine Stichwunde.
• sting S. Der stechende oder brennende Schmerz.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• sting n. Angel m.
• sting w. Steken.

— English words, defined in French —

• sting n. Piqûre (d’insecte).
• sting n. (Argot) Arnaque, combine.
• sting n. Coup monté (par les policiers).
• sting v. Piquer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• sting s. Picadura, picotazo.
• sting s. Pinchazao.
• sting s. Punzada.
• sting s. Escozor.
• sting s. Timo, estafa.
• sting s. Aguijón.
• sting v. Picar.
• sting v. Pinchar.
• sting v. Punzar.
• sting v. Arder, escocer.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• sting v. Ferroar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• sting s. Puntura, punzecchiatura.
• sting s. Puntura, trafittura.
• sting s. Fitta (di dolore).
• sting s. (Senso figurato) tormento, morso, tarlo.
• sting s. (Senso figurato) elaborata operazione di polizia per incastrare un criminale.
• sting s. Forza, vigore, energia.
• sting s. Stimolo, pungolo, sprone, incentivo.
• sting s. (Zoologia) pungiglione, aculeo.
• sting s. Colpo.
• sting s. (Botanica) pelo urticante.
• sting s. Pungere, pizzicare.
• sting s. Bruciare.
• sting s. (Senso figurato) ferire, pungere, offendere.
• sting s. (Senso figurato) spronare, stimolare, pungolare, incitare.
• sting s. Far tirare fuori a, scucire.
• sting s. Truffare.

149 English words from 27 English definitions

accent acrid act after air air␣flow Alternative and animal arachnid a␣sharp as␣in attack been Botany both brief bump catch cause comedy concluding context criminal criminals drummer emotionally enforcement epidermis epigram especially extends figurative films flesh flow fluid for form game games gland goad gore hair harm harmful having hollow hurt identify Imperative incitement including Inflection inflicted injection in␣order in␣order␣to in␣pain insect into intransitive introducing Law Law␣enforcement left left␣on localised made model music nettles of␣a of␣an one on␣the operation order other pain painful parallel part participle percussive phrase physically played playing point pointed poison police portion Present Present␣participle pretend primarily published punchline punctuation puncture role role-playing role␣playing␣game sarcastic saying scenic seated secretes sequence sewing sharp sharp-pointed short show side skin something sometimes stab sting stinge stinger stinging stitch Storytelling stung support surgery tabletop the thrust to␣the Transitive tunnel used usually venom video video␣games which White wind wind␣tunnel with Wolf wound

18 English words from 36 foreign definitions

Angel Arder Argot Botanica combine Coup Der Die estafa Far Gift les par per Piquer policiers sie und

1 foreign word from 27 English definitions

stinga

61 foreign words from 36 foreign definitions

aculeo Aguijón Arnaque brennende Colpo Coup␣monté criminale dolore durch eigene elaborata energia escocer Escozor figurato Fitta Forza fuori incentivo incitare insecte kleine manchen mit monté morso oder operazione pelo Pflanzen Picadura Picar Pinchar Piqûre polizia pungiglione pungolo Puntura Punzada Punzar punzecchiatura Schmerz Senso Senso␣figurato spitze sprone stechende Steken Stichwunde Stimolo tarlo Tieren Timo tirare tormento trafittura urticante verursachte vigore Waffe Zoologia

48 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

stinge stingo stings stingy stinged stinger Stinger stinges Stingly stingers Stingers stingest stingeth stingier stingily stinging Stingley Stinglys stingray stingable stingaree stingbull stinge␣out stingfish stingiest stingings stingless Stingleys stingrays stingarees stingbulls stinged␣out stinges␣out stinginess stingingly stingproof stingerless stingfishes stinginesses stinglessness sting␣like␣a␣bee stings␣in␣tails stinging␣nettle sting␣in␣the␣tail stinging␣nettles stingless␣nettle stings␣in␣the␣tail stingless␣nettles

440 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

MSTings bastings bustings castings costings dustings eastings fastinge fastings fistings gistings hastings Hastings hostings hustings jestings justings lastings listings lustings mastings mistings nestings oustings pastings postings restings rustings tastings testings unstings unstingy vestings wastings westings beastings beestings bee␣stings biestings blastings boastings boostings burstings busting␣up casting␣up coastings crestings crustings distingue distingué +390 words

787 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

MSTing basting besting bosting busting casting costing dusting easting fasting fisting fusting gasting gisting gusting hasting Hasting histing hosting husting jesting justing kesting kisting lasting listing lusting masting misting MiSTing musting nesting ousting pasting pesting posting POSTing pssting resting rusting sisting tasting testing unsting vesting wasting westing wisting zesting agisting +737 words

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ing -ing -ïng STI S.T.I. tin TIN ting Ting

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

GNI gnit gnits its ITS 'its it's its' nit nits

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

gnits GTINs tings Tings

46 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aginst at-sign at␣sign gainst 'gainst get-ins giants Giants Gintys glints Grints Gustin ingest ingots MSTing nights RTSing sating sh**ting sigint SIGINT signet siting Stagni stinge stingo stings stingy string s**tting stying tagins Taings tangis tasing TASing things Things tigons tinges toings tosing tsking Tusing tyings Yingst

44 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

gins Gins gist GIST gits gnit GTIN GTis IGNs ings Ings inst inst. Inst. ints isnt isn't istg ISTG NGIs NGST nigs Nist NIST nits NTIS sign sing Sing sing. Sing. s****ing Sint snig snit stig TGNs tigs ting Ting tins TINs TNGs Tsin

14 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

RTing sling sping stang Stang stink stint stong Stong stung suing swing Swing sying

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

sing Sing sing. Sing. s****ing stig ting Ting

6 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

sating sh**ting siting string s**tting stying

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