A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles
If a plant, animal, or insect stings you, a sharp part of it, usually covered with poison, is pushed into your skin so that you feel a sharp pain. The nettles stung their legs This type of bee rarely stings
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands
A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal
{i} act of stinging; sharp pain or wound caused a stinger; sharp organ or part (Botany, Zoology); covert operation executed by undercover agents to collect evidence or apprehend criminals (Slang)