Word.ws English Dictionary

counter-sting

counter-sting is the alternative form of countersting.

Meaning of countersting

Noun

countersting (plural counterstings)

  1. Measures to mislead a sting operation.
    • I operate in a world of stings, counterstings, drug dealers, lies, double crosses.2012, Susan Dunlap, Death and Taxes

Forms of counter-sting

pluralcounter-stings

Origin of counter-sting

From counter- + sting.

Questions about counter-sting

What is counter-sting the alternative form of?
Counter-sting is the alternative form of countersting.

Words near counter-sting in the dictionary

  1. counter-shed
  2. counter-sheds
  3. counter-space
  4. counter-stereotypical
  5. counter-stereotypically
  6. counter-sting
  7. counter-stings
  8. counter-strategies
  9. counter-strategy
  10. Counter-Striker
  11. Counter-Strikers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: counter-sting (page history and authors); countersting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “counter-sting.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/counter-sting. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.