Kid
Kid verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.
Sting
Sting verb - To charge (someone) too much for goods or services.
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Synonyms for Sting
How words are described
| old | old kid | old sting |
| ordinary | ordinary kid | ordinary sting |
| small | small kid | small sting |
| actual | actual kid | actual sting |
| Other adjectives: real, bad, young, happy, next. | ||
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Both words in one sentence
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Everyone on the team seems to regard his penchant for undercover ops and big sting operations as a kid playing with toys.
Source: Series / The Inside - After proving to be a dynamic duo in the film classics Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, Hollywood big-shots Robert Redford and Paul Newman tried for years to do another film that would feature them together.
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The director, George Roy Hill, also directed Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting.This film contains examples of the following tropes: Artistic License Sports: Pretty much every instance of body contact shown would be an obvious interference penalty.
Source: Film / Slap Shot
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