sting

Universal Words verb, noun verb (stung, stung ) 1 (of an insect or plant) to touch your skin or make a very small hole in it so that you feel a sharp pain: [VN] I was stung on the arm by a wasp. * [V] Be careful of the nettles-they sting! 2 to feel, or to make sb feel, a sharp pain in a part of their body: [V] I put some antiseptic on the cut and it stung for a moment. * My eyes were stinging from the smoke. * [VN] Tears stung her eyes. 3 [VN] ~ sb (to / into sth)