Definition of Fling

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Definition of Fling

Fling

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.

To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.

To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.

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.

To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.

A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.

A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

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Fling Quotations

We die in proportion to the words we fling around us.
Emile M. Cioran

There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind him as fast as the next man's hoss, I don't care where he comes from. And he can keep at it as long as the sun can shine without resting.
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.
George Crabbe

Go, forget me - why should sorrow, O'er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me - and to-morrow, brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile - though I shall not be near thee; Sing - though I shall never hear thee.
Charles Wolfe

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.
Matthew Green

Fling Translations

fling in Afrikaans is swaai
fling in Danish is svinge
fling in Dutch is slingeren, swingen, zwaaien
fling in Finnish is heiluttaa
fling in French is brandir
fling in German is schleudern, werfen, schleudern
fling in Latin is proicio
fling in Norwegian is hive, slenge, kast
fling in Portuguese is arremesse

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