fling

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To fling is to throw something with force. You'll start a food fight in the cafeteria if you fling your vegetables at the kid across the table.

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To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

Noun
the act of flinging

Noun
a brief indulgence of your impulses

Noun
a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

Verb
throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"

Verb
move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa"

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Verb
throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

Verb
indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"

v. t.
To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

v. t.
To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.

v. t.
To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.

v. i.
To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.

v. i.
To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.

v. i.
To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

n.
A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.

n.
A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

n.
A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.

n.
A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

Fling

Fling , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl'84nga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.] 1. To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings, Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.

He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung.

I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire.

2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.

The sun begins to fling His flaring beams.

Every beam new transient colors flings.

3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.

His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.

To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter. -- To fling away, to reject; to discard.

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.

--To fling down. (a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a challenge.

This question so flung down before the guests, . . . Was handed over by consent of all To me who had not spoken.

(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin. -- To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as, in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or a few days' work. -- To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of. Addison. -- To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with violence; as, to fling open a door. -- To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh manner; as, to fling out hard words against another. -- To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a design.

Fling

Fling , v. i. 1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling. 2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling. 3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

And crop-full, out of doors he flings.

I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath.

To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.

Fling

Fling, n. 1. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse. 2. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house and king.

3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling. 4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.]

England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing.

To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." D. Jerrold.

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.

A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.

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Usage Examples

My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces.

This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud he sits upon the throne.