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verb (used with object)

to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.

to move (oneself) violently with impatience, contempt, or the like: She flung herself angrily from the room.

to put suddenly or violently: to fling a suspect into jail.

to project or speak sharply, curtly, or forcefully: He flung his answer at the questioner.

to involve (oneself) vigorously in an undertaking.

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to move, do, or say (something) quickly: to fling a greeting in passing.

to send suddenly and rapidly: to fling fresh troops into a battle.

to throw aside or off.

to throw to the ground, as in wrestling or horseback riding.

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verb (used without object)

10.

to move with haste or violence; rush; dash.

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to fly into violent and irregular motions, as a horse; throw the body about, as a person.

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to speak harshly or abusively (usually followed by out): He flung out disgustedly against the whole human race.

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noun

13.

an act of flinging.

14.

a short period of unrestrained pursuit of one's wishes or desires: The week of partying was my last fling before starting a new job.

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an attempt at something: He took a fling at playwriting.

16.

a critical or contemptuous remark; gibe.

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Also called Highland fling. a lively Scottish dance characterized by flinging movements of the arms and legs.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; compare Swedish flänga to fly, race

Related forms

out·fling, verb (used with object), -flung, -fling·ing.

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Example Sentences

Pieper suddenly decided to fling her hat in the air.

Jesus said that it was a better thing to put a millstone around your neck and fling yourself into the abyss than to harm a child.

Hollywood studios, which still fling huge sums of money at broadcast television in the hope of driving people to cinemas.

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fling (flɪŋ)

—vb , flings, flinging, flung
1.	to throw, esp with force or abandon; hurl or toss
2.	to put or send without warning or preparation: to fling someone into jail
3.	(also intr) to move (oneself or a part of the body) with abandon or speed: he flung himself into a chair
4.	(usually foll by into) to apply (oneself) diligently and with vigour (to)
5.	to cast aside; disregard: she flung away her scruples
6.	to utter violently or offensively
7.	poetic to give out; emit

—n
8.	the act or an instance of flinging; toss; throw
9.	a period or occasion of unrestrained, impulsive, or extravagant behaviour: to have a fling
10.	any of various vigorous Scottish reels full of leaps and turns, such as the Highland fling
11.	a trial; try: to have a fling at something different

[C13: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse flengja to flog, Swedish flänga, Danish flænge]

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Word Origin & History

fling

c.1300, probably from O.N. flengja, of uncertain origin. The M.E. intransitive sense is preserved in phrase have a fling at "make a try." The noun sense of "period of indulgence on the eve of responsibilities" first attested 1827. Meaning "vigorous dance" (associated with the Scottish Highlands) is from

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1806. An obsolete word for "streetwalker, harlot" was fling-stink (1679).

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Idioms & Phrases

fling

In addition to the idiom beginning with fling, also see last fling.