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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 flung on a new TV"
   - splurge
    
4. Throw or cast away
   "fling your worries"
   - discard, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

1. A usually brief attempt
   - crack, go, pass, whirl, offer
    
2. A brief indulgence of your impulses
   - spree
    
3. The act of flinging
    
4. A short sexual relationship

Derived forms: flings, flinging, flung

Type of: attempt, consume, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], get rid of, intemperance, intemperateness, move, remove, self-indulgence, squander, throw, try, ware, waste

Encyclopedia: Fling