Fling

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  • intransitive verb. To throw with violence: synonym: throw.
  • intransitive verb. To put or send suddenly or unexpectedly.
  • intransitive verb. To engage (oneself) in an activity with abandon and energy.
  • intransitive verb. To cast aside; discard.
  • intransitive verb. To move quickly, violently, or impulsively.
  • noun. The act of flinging.
  • noun. A brief period of indulging one's impulses.
  • noun. A usually brief attempt or effort.
  • noun. A brief, casual sexual or romantic relationship.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A throw; a cast from the hand.
  • noun. Entire freedom of action; wild dash into pleasure, adventure, or excitement of any kind; enjoyment of pleasure to the full extent of one's opportunities.
  • noun. A lively Scotch country-dance; a reel or hornpipe, especially of the kind called the Highland fling, usually danced by one person.
  • noun. A gibe; a sneer; a sarcasm; a severe or contemptuous remark.
  • noun. A slight, trifling matter: in the following proverb:
  • noun. A sudden or rapid throwing; a whipping action; a sidewise motion with respect to the principal direction of motion: as, the fling of a connecting-rod.
  • To throw, cast, or hurl; especially, to throw with force, violence, or swiftness, with ardor, vehemence, disdain, impatience, or indifference: as, the waves flung the ship upon the rocks; his antagonist flung him to the ground; to fling a sarcasm at an opponent; they flung themselves suddenly upon the enemy; to fling a penny to a beggar.
  • To throw aside or off, as a burden.
  • To get rid of.
  • To act by throwing in some particular way; discharge a missile, or something analogous to a missile.
  • To aim a blow, as with a weapon; let fly.
  • To hasten; fly; rush.
  • To start away with a sudden motion, as in token of displeasure; rush away in anger.
  • To fly into violent and irregular motions; flounce; throw out the legs violently, as a horse; kick.
  • To utter harsh or abusive language; upbraid; sneer: as, she began to flout and fling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To throw; to wince; to flounce.
  • intransitive verb. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer.
  • intransitive verb. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
  • intransitive verb. to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.
  • transitive verb. To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand.
  • transitive verb. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
  • transitive verb. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat.
  • transitive verb. to throw on all sides; to scatter.
  • transitive verb. to reject; to discard.
  • transitive verb. To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of.
  • transitive verb. to throw open; to open suddenly or with violence; as, to fling open a door.
  • transitive verb. to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.
  • transitive verb. to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a design.
  • noun. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick.
  • noun. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
  • noun. A kind of dance.
  • noun. A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
  • noun. a short period during which one indulges one's wishes, whims, or desires in an unrestrained manner.
  • noun. a love affair.
  • noun. a casual or brief attempt to accomplish something.
  • noun. a period during which one tries a new activity.
  • noun. to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Short, often sexual relationship.
  • noun. An act of unrestrained indulgence.
  • Word Usage
    "*dig scratch fling fling fling* Ware iz it ware iz it!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beijing  Bing  Chongqing  Ging  Jing  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    defiance  heave  jerk  kick  leap  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    approach  assay  attempt  bash  bat  
    variant
    flung  
    verb-form
    flinged  flinging  flings  flung