Sting

Sting may refer to:

• Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
• Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
• Sting operation, a deceptive operation by law enforcement designed to catch a person attempting to commit a crime

Fictional characters and entities

• Sting (Middle-earth), a fictional sword in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
• Sting Oakley, a character in Gundam Seed Destiny
• Peter Stanchek (comics), a character nicknamed "Sting" in the Valiant Comics universe
• Trixie Sting, a character in the TV series Slugterra
• Kamen Rider Sting, a character in the TV series Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
• Sting (film), a 2024 horror movie

Music

• Sting (musical phrase), a short sequence of music used in films and TV as a form of punctuation
• Sting (percussion), a brief burst of percussion to punctuate a joke
• Sting (EP), 2016, by Stellar
• Stings (album), 2023, by Kamaal Williams
• "Sting" (Eric Saade song), 2015
• "Sting" (Fletcher song), 2022
• "Sting" (Stellar song), 2016

People

• Sting (musician) (born 1951), English musician and actor
• Sting (wrestler) (born 1959), American professional wrestler and actor
• Cheeseekau or Sting (1760–1792), war chief of the Kispoko division of the Shawnee Nation
• Sting International, stage name of American musician Shaun Pizzonia (born 1968)

Science

• Stimulator of interferon genes (STING), a protein
• Sting, a plant disease caused by Belonolaimus longicaudatus

Sports teams

• Arizona Sting, an NLL lacrosse team (2004–2007)
• Charlotte Sting, a WNBA basketball team (1997–2006)
• Chicago Sting, an American soccer team (1975–1988)
• Las Vegas Sting, now the Anaheim Piranhas, an Arena Football League team (1994–1995)
• Sarnia Sting, an Ontario Hockey League junior team
• Southern Sting, a New Zealand netball team (1998–2007)
• Trenton Sting, an Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League team

Video gaming

• Sting: The Secret Operations, a 2008 online first person shooter
• Sting Entertainment, a video game development company

Other uses

• Sting (fixture), a wind tunnel part
• Sting (horse) (born 1921), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Airborne Sting, a hang glider
• Sting Energy Drink, a Filipino/Pakistani energy drink
• Sting operation, a deceptive law enforcement operation to catch a person committing a crime
• The Sting, a caper film

See also

• The Sting (disambiguation)