stang

American  

[stang] / stæŋ /

verb

Obsolete.

1. simple past tense of sting.

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stang British  

/ stæŋ /

verb

1. archaic a past tense of sting

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Example Sentences

But I have strong suspicions you are, and if so, as the children say, "I hope that stang!"

From Time Magazine Archive

What? stang; what do you want? stang chins-klé; what are you doing? stang chin-chái; what is your name? stang chins-ná; what is that? stang ta-sái-ya.

From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by Gibbs, George

In the olden days, the offender himself was often compelled to ride the stang.

From Bygone Punishments by Andrews, William

The shorter pipe-fish, stang, or sting, Sygnathus acus.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

So soople, he could gi'e a skelp wi't, Could licht his pipe, or pick his teeth wi't; And at his pleasure, short or lang, It telescoped up to the stang.

From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet