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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

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
Sting (DC Comics), a fictional character from DC Comics
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

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

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)

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

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
Sting (drone), Ukrainian loitering munition