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verb | noun flingfling1 /flɪŋ/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle flung /flʌŋ/) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYfling1Origin: 1200-1300 From a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEfling |
| Present | I, you, we, they | fling | | he, she, it | flings | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | flung | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have flung | | he, she, it | has flung | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had flung | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have flung |
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| Present | I | am flinging | | he, she, it | is flinging | | you, we, they | are flinging | | Past | I, he, she, it | was flinging | | you, we, they | were flinging | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been flinging | | he, she, it | has been flinging | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been flinging | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be flinging | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been flinging |
THESAURUSthrow a ball/stone etc.► throw to make an object such as a ball move quickly from your hand through the air by moving your arm quickly and letting go of the object: She can throw pretty well for a little girl. ► toss to throw something without much force: She tossed her coat onto the bed. ► hurl to throw something with a lot of force: They hurled a brick through his window. ► fling to throw something somewhere with a lot of force, often in a careless way: He flung her keys into the river. ► pass to throw, kick, or hit a ball to another member of your team: He passed the ball to Jones, who scored. ► pitch to throw the ball to the person who is trying to hit the ball in a game of baseball: Try to pitch the ball right over home plate. ► shoot to throw a ball toward the basket or goal in a sport such as basketball: She dribbled up to the basket, shot and scored! ► lob to throw, hit, or kick something so that it moves slowly in a high curve: He lobbed the ball to the coach. ► cast to throw a fishing net or line into the water. Cast is also used in literary language to mean throw: The fishermen cast their nets into the water. Zeus picked up the boulder and cast it far out into the sea. 1THROW [always + adv./prep.] to throw something quickly with a lot of force SYN throw: fling something at/into/on etc. somebody/something She flung the letter into the river.► see thesaurus at throw12BODY [always + adv./prep.] to move yourself or part of your body suddenly and with a lot of force SYN throw: fling something around/toward/back etc. somebody/something When I came in, Katie flung her arms around me and kissed me.fling yourself on/into/at etc. somebody/something Polly flung herself down on the bed beside him.3PUSH [always + adv./prep.] to push someone roughly, especially so that he or she falls to the ground: He grabbed her arm and flung her to the ground.4fling yourself into something to begin to do something using a lot of effort: After the divorce he flung himself into his work.5fling a door/window etc. open (also fling open a door/window etc.) to quickly and suddenly open a door, window, etc.: She flung open her cabin door and waved.6fling somebody in prison/jail to put someone in prison, often without having a good reasonfling something ↔ off phrasal verb to take off a piece of clothing in a hurried way: He flung off his clothes and lay down.fling something ↔ on phrasal verb to put on a piece of clothing in a hurried way verb | noun flingfling2 noun [countable usually singular] ► had ... fling We had a brief fling twenty years ago. 1a short and not very serious sexual relationship: We had a brief fling twenty years ago.2a short period of time during which you enjoy yourself or are interested in something: Do you regret your fling with alcohol and drugs? |