Sting 45074 224886752 2008-07-10T21:11:34Z Karenjc 1181028 /* Other */ update dab page, point link directly at target {{wiktionarypar|sting}} {{TOCright}} 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 (musician)]], the professional name of British rock musician Gordon Sumner, first known as a member of The Police and subsequently as a solo artist *[[Sting (wrestler)]], the ring name of Steve Borden, a professional wrestler ===Fictional uses=== *''[[The Sting]]'', a 1973 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford *[[The Sting (Futurama)|"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]]'' ===Sports 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 ===See also=== *[[Stinger (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} [[da:Sting (flertydig)]] [[de:Stachel]] [[es:Sting]] [[fr:Dard]] [[ko:스팅]] [[ja:スティング]] [[simple:Sting (disambiguation)]] [[sv:Gadd]] [[zh:Sting]]