flinging

Verb

fling (third-person singular simple present flings, present participle flinging, simple past and past participle flung or (colloquial or dialectal) flang or (nonstandard) flinged)

1. (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
   • 'Tis Fate that casts the Dice, and as she flings,
     Of Kings makes Pedants, and of Pedants Kings.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Charles Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Seventh Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...

   Synonyms:

   chuck, pitch, bung, cast, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk

2. (intransitive, literary) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
   • And crop-full, out of doors he flings.a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC
3. (archaic, intransitive) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
   • The horse flung most potently, making his heels fly aloft in the air.1836, Helen Crocket, The Ettrick Shepherd's Last Tale
4. (intransitive, literary) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
   • The scold began to flout and fling.

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