Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 Informal A usually brief attempt or effort.
- noun A brief, casual sexual or romantic relationship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
from 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 obsolete 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 informal 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Short , oftensexual relationship . - noun An act of unrestrained indulgence.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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*dig scratch fling fling fling* Ware iz it ware iz it!
The prize is in here somewhere! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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At the moment their highschool fling is nt enough to keep them together in my book.
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If you hear this excuse, run -- unless you're just looking for a short-term fling.
Diana Bianchini: Upsize Love Diana Bianchini 2012
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In fact, 'butt fling' is exactly what * I* call it.
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Would a short-term fling really be enough for you, Isabella?
At Hidden Falls Barbara Freethy 2011
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The Peter-Dale affair is spicy enough, but Melanie's on-again, off-again fling with a younger reporter is rather coyly handled, and the glamorous president seems doomed to celibacy.
Review of "Eighteen Acres," a political thriller by Nicolle Wallace Patrick Anderson 2010
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Would a short-term fling really be enough for you, Isabella?
At Hidden Falls Barbara Freethy 2011
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If you hear this excuse, run -- unless you're just looking for a short-term fling.
Diana Bianchini: Upsize Love Diana Bianchini 2012
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The Peter-Dale affair is spicy enough, but Melanie's on-again, off-again fling with a younger reporter is rather coyly handled, and the glamorous president seems doomed to celibacy.
Review of "Eighteen Acres," a political thriller by Nicolle Wallace Patrick Anderson 2010
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If you hear this excuse, run -- unless you're just looking for a short-term fling.
Diana Bianchini: Upsize Love Diana Bianchini 2012
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