Fling /(flĭng)/

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.

   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.

   Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.

   This question so flung down before the guests, . . . Was handed over by consent of all To me who had not spoken.

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.

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.
6. a love affair.
7. a casual or brief attempt to accomplish something. [informal]
8. a period during which one tries a new activity; as, he took a fling at playing tennis.