noun

(1) A kind of pain

(2) Something as sudden and painful as being stung

(3) A mental pain or distress

(4) A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

(5) A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade aperson to buy worthless property

verb

(1) 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

(2) Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

(3) Deliver a sting to

(4) Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

(5) Cause a stinging pain

(6) Cause an emotional pain

(7) as if by stinging