- past tense form of sting.
stang
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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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
My curse upon thy venom'd stang, That shoots my tortur'd gums alang; And thro' my lugs gies mony a twang, Wi' gnawing vengeance; Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, Like racking engines!
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
But for how lang the flie may stang, Let inclination law that.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
The ancient custom of riding the stang still lingers in some remote parts of the country.
From Bygone Punishments by Andrews, William
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