fling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: flings
form: flinging
form: flung
form: flung
form: flang
form: flang
form: flinged
form: flinged
Etymology: From Middle English flyngen, from Old Norse flengja (“to whip”), from Proto-Germanic *flangijaną (“to beat, whip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to beat”). Cognate with Icelandic flengja (“to spank”), Norwegian flengja (“to rip, tear, or fling open”).
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis Fate that casts the Dice, and as she flings,
Of Kings makes Pedants, and of Pedants Kings.
ref: 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. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
text: I know thy generous temper well. / Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it, / It straight takes fire.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
text: Wilkinson was struggling, sending the re-start straight into touch and flinging a pass the same way, and France then went close to the first try of the contest as Clerc took a long pass out on the left and was just bundled into touch by the corner flag.
ref: 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
text: Signalman Bridges was killed by the blast, as was fireman Nightall. Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
synonyms: word: chuck
word: pitch
word: bung
word: cast
word: chuck
word: chunk
word: cook
word: dash
word: dump
word: feck
word: fling
word: jerk
word: heave
word: hield
word: hoy
word: huck
word: hurl
word: hurtle
word: launch
word: lob
word: peck
word: peg
word: pick
word: pitch
word: precipitate
word: project
word: quoit
word: shy
word: slight
word: skew
word: sling
word: thrill
word: throw
word: toss
word: traject
word: warp
word: whang
word: whip
word: whop
word: wing
glosses: To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
examples: text: And crop-full, out of doors he flings.
ref: a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
text: I see, sir, said I, I see what a man I am with. […] And away I flung, leaving him seemingly vexed, and in confusion.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: I flung closer to his breast, / As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath.
ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “(please specify either |book=1 to 9 or the page)”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
text: "We beseech your Majesty—" said Glozelle, but Miraz had flung out of the tent and they could hear him bawling out his acceptance to Edmund.
ref: 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:
glosses: To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
examples: text: The horse flung most potently, making his heels fly aloft in the air.
ref: 1836, Helen Crocket, The Ettrick Shepherd's Last Tale:
glosses: To throw; to wince; to flounce.
examples: text: The scold began to flout and fling.
glosses: To utter abusive language; to sneer.
Derived terms: flingee
flinger
fling out
flingy
full fling
outfling
trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
upfling