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sting noun

  /stɪŋ/
  • A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
  • A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
 pisto, purema
  • (figurative) The harmful or painful part of something.
 koukku
  • The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
 piikki, pisto, poltinkarva
  • A sharp, localized pain primarily on the epidermis.
 pisto
  • (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to engage in criminal activity in order to catch a criminal.
 soluttautuminen

sting verb

  /stɪŋ/
  • (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
  • (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).
 pistää, purra
bee sting
ampiaisen pisto, mehiläisenpisto, hyttysenpistot
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