Sting
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Sting may refer to:
[edit] People and Corporations
- 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.
- Sting (video game developer), a company which makes video games
[edit] Miscellaneous
- An injection of a poison via stinger by an animal or plant
- Bee sting, the sting from a bee
- 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
[edit] Fictional uses
- The Sting, a 1973 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford
- "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
[edit] 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