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Verb: fling (flung)  fling
  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
    - splurge
     
  4. Throw or cast away
    - discard, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
Noun: fling  fling
  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: flung, flinging, flings

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