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flingings

flingings is the plural of flinging.

Meaning of flinging

Noun

flinging (plural flingings)

  1. The act by which something is flung.
    • [T]he prominent character of leading young lady or heroine, which Paula was to personate, was really the most satisfactory in the whole list for her. For although she was to be wooed hard, there was just as much love-making among the remaining personages; while, as Somerset had understood the play...1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter VII, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881...

Questions about flingings

What is flingings the plural of?
Flingings is the plural of flinging.

Words near flingings in the dictionary

  1. flingeth
  2. flingier
  3. flingiest
  4. flinging
  5. flinging out
  6. flingings
  7. flings
  8. flings out
  9. flingy
  10. Flink
  11. flinkite

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