Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an
      animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

   2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse;
      to bite. ``Slander stings the brave.'' --Pope.

   3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

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 bee or wasp is a modified
      ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is
      a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied
      to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of {Scorpion}.

   2. (Bot.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which
      secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these
      hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid
      is pressed into it.

   3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the
      stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.

            The sting of death is sin.            --1 Cor. xv.
                                                  56.

   4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging;
      a wound inflicted by stinging. ``The lurking serpent's
      mortal sting.'' --Shak.

   5. A goad; incitement. --Shak.

   6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

   {Sting moth} (Zo["o]l.), an Australian moth ({Doratifera
      vulnerans}) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body,
      with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs.

   {Sting ray}. (Zo["o]l.) See under 6th {Ray}.

   {Sting winkle} (Zo["o]l.), a spinose marine univalve shell of
      the genus Murex, as the European species ({Murex
      erinaceus}). See Illust. of {Murex}.

Source : WordNet®

sting
     n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being
          stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of
          nettles" [syn: {stinging}]
     2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: {pang}]
     3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger
        into skin [syn: {bite}, {insect bite}]
     4: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
        person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco
        game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick}, {confidence
        game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustle}, {flimflam}]
     [also: {stung}]

sting
     v 1: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
          burned his face" [syn: {bite}, {burn}]
     2: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: {bite},
         {prick}]
     3: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They
        stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge
        tax bill" [syn: {stick}]
     4: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: {prick},
         {twinge}]
     5: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark
        stung her"
     [also: {stung}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

STING
     
        A parallel dialect of {Scheme} intended to serve as a
        high-level {operating system} for symbolic programming
        languages.  {First-class} {thread}s and processors and
        customisable {scheduling} policies.
     
        E-mail: .
     
        ["A Customizable Substrate for Concurrent Languages",
        S. Jagannathan et al, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, 1992].
     
        (1994-11-03)