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noun 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." 5.A short period during which one indulges one's wishes, whims, or desires in an unrestrained manner. 7.A casual or brief attempt to accomplish something. (informal) Synonyms: shot. 8.A period during which one tries a new activity; as, he took a fling at playing tennis. To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure."
verb Fling v. t. (past & past part. flung; pres. part. flinging) 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. 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 v. i. (past & past part. flung; pres. part. flinging) 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.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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