Sting

Sting

A sting is an injection of a poison via stinger by an animal or plant, such as a bee sting. It may also refer to:

People

*Sting (wrestler), the ring name of Steve Borden, a professional wrestler
*Sting (musician), the professional name of British rock musician Gordon Sumner, first known as a member of The Police and subsequently as a solo artist

Fictional uses

*"The Sting", a 1973 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford
*"The Sting (1992 film)", a 1992 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Man-wan
*"The Sting" (Futurama), an episode of the animated television series "Futurama"
*Sting Oakley, a character in "Gundam Seed Destiny"
*Peter Stanchek aka Sting (Valiant Comics), a character in the Valiant Comics universe
*Sting (Middle-earth), a sword belonging to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"
*Sting or Stung, names of swords in various games, often influenced by Tolkien's Sting, e.g. "NetHack", "World of Warcraft", "Zork", and John Hodgman's book "The Areas of My Expertise"

ports teams

*Arizona Sting, an NLL lacrosse team
*Charlotte Sting, a WNBA basketball team
*Chicago Sting, an American soccer team (1975-1988)
*Las Vegas Sting, an Arena Football League team (1994-1995)
*Sarnia Sting, an Ontario Hockey League junior team
*Southern Sting, a New Zealand netball team
*Trenton Sting, an Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League team

Other

*Sting operation, an undercover operation staged by law enforcement to catch a person committing a crime
*Sting (percussion), a brief burst of percussion used as a comedy punchline
*Sting (musical phrase), a short sequence of music used in films & TV as a form of punctuation
*Sting (fixture), a fixture in a wind tunnel made to hold models.
*STING, a software suite for protein analysis
*STING (productivity), a five-point approach for task completion
*Sting Entertainment, a company that develops video games

ee also

*Stinger (disambiguation)


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  • Sting — Sting, CBE (* 2. Oktober 1951 in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, als Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) ist ein britischer Rock Musiker, Sänger, Bassist sowie Schauspieler. Sting bei der Premiere des Science Fict …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • STING — (Sequence To and withIN Graphics) is a free Web based suite of programs for a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between protein sequence, structure, function, and stability. STING is freely accessible at EMBRAPA Information Technology… …   Wikipedia

  • Sting — Sting, n. [AS. sting a sting. See {Sting}, v. t.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sting — [stiŋ] vt. stung, stinging [ME stingen < OE stingan, akin to ON stinga < IE base * stegh , to pierce, sharp > STAG] 1. to prick or wound with a sting: said of plants and insects 2. to cause sharp, sudden, smarting pain to, by or as by… …   English World dictionary

  • sting — ► NOUN 1) a small sharp pointed organ of an insect, capable of inflicting a painful wound by injecting poison. 2) any of a number of minute hairs on certain plants, causing inflammation if touched. 3) a wound from a sting. 4) a sharp tingling… …   English terms dictionary

  • sting — [stɪŋ] verb stung PTandPP [stʌŋ] sting somebody for something phrasal verb [transitive] informal to charge someone too much for something: • The garage stung him for £300. * * * sting UK US …   Financial and business terms

  • Sting — Sting, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stung}(Archaic {Stang}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinging}.] [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. {Stick}, v. t.] 1. To pierce… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sting — sb., et, sting, ene; sy med små, fine sting; sting i siden …   Dansk ordbog

  • Sting FM — is a pirate radio station, located in Birmingham, England. This is very specialised in Afro Caribbean music, including reggae, hip hop, R B and others.The station started going in May 1998. They claim to be Birmingham s first unlicenced radio… …   Wikipedia

  • sting — n: an elaborate confidence game; specif: such a game worked by undercover police in order to catch criminals Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sting …   Law dictionary

  • sting — (v.) O.E. stingan to prick with a small point (of weapons, insects, plants, etc.), from P.Gmc. *stenganan (Cf. O.N. stinga, O.H.G. stungen to prick, Goth. us stagg to prick out, O.H.G. stanga, Ger. stange pole, perch, Ger. stengel stalk, stem ),… …   Etymology dictionary

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