The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fling \Fling\, v. i.
To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
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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.
--Milton.I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath.
--Mrs. Browning.To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung (fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl["a]nga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.]
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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.
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To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
The sun begins to fling His flaring beams.
--Milton.Every beam new transient colors flings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Usage examples of "to fling out".
The wizard's next move, Liriel knew, would be to fling out a hand and send a fireball sizzling toward the prow of the boat.
Cagily, Maggie rounded the car and approached the child with her purse in both hands, resisting the urge to fling out her arms for a hug.
He did not add that in his opinion it wouldn't be at all a bad thing if his pretentious, utterly revolting excuse for a chef were to fling out of the kitchen and remove his voluble presence elsewhere, preferably far from St.
Raif felt it hit him like a blow to the gut, forcing him to fling out an arm to steady himself.
Almost at once, Master Han began to fling out his arms and twist them in the air in his ritual of purification.