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Fling v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung p. pr. & vb. n. 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. --Dryden.
He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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. --Walpole.
To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.
To fling away, to reject; to discard.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. --Shak.
--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. --Tennyson.
(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.
Flung imp. & p. p. of Fling.
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fling
n 1: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: crack, go, pass, whirl, offer]
2: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree]
3: the act of flinging
v 1: throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
2: move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto
the sofa"
3: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge]
4: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside,
dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast
away, put away]
[also: flung]