something as painful or swift of action as a sting: the sting of death 11. a sharp stimulus or incitement 12. (botany) another name for stinging hair 13. (slang) a swindle or fraud 14. (slang) a trap set up by the police to entice a person to commit a crime and thereby produce ...
noun 7. a rent made by ripping; tear. 8. Slang. a cheat, swindle, or theft; ripoff: The average consumer doesn’t realize that the new tax is a rip. Verb phrases 9. rip into, Informal. to attack physically orverbally; assail. ...