Definition of "Sting" :

noun: operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

"The police conducted a sting operation."

noun: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

noun: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

noun: a mental pain or distress

noun: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

"The sting of death."

verb: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

verb: deliver a sting to

verb: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

verb: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

verb: cause a stinging pain