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ˈbʌŋkəʊ ˈhʌsəl pæŋ ˈstɪŋɪŋ twɪnd͡ʒ operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act the police conducted a sting operation saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous They stuck me with the dinner bill I was stung with a huge tax bill a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property deliver a sting to A bee stung my arm yesterday cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging His remark stung her cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort The sun burned his face cause a stinging pain The needle pricked his skin a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin a mental pain or distress a pang of conscience a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung the sting of death he felt the stinging of nettles