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   Fling

   /fliNG/

   

   verb

   • 1. throw or hurl forcefully: "he picked up the debris and flung it away"
   • ▪ move or push (something) suddenly or violently: "he flung back the bedclothes"
   • ▪ throw oneself headlong: "he flung himself down at her feet with a laugh"
   • ▪ wholeheartedly engage in or begin on (an enterprise): "the producer flung himself into an ugly battle with the studio"
   • ▪ put on or take off clothes carelessly or rapidly.
   • ▪ utter (words) forcefully: "the words were flung at her like an accusation"
   • ▪ go angrily or violently; rush: "he flung away to his study, slamming the door behind him"

   noun

   • 1. a short period of enjoyment or wild behavior: "one final fling before a tranquil retirement" Similar good timebingespreebit of funbit of amusementnight on the townfun and gamesenjoymententertainmentrecreationrevelryskylarkinglarks
   • ▪ a short, spontaneous sexual relationship: "I had a fling with someone when I was at college" Similar affairlove affairrelationshipromanceflirtationdallianceliaisonentanglementromantic entanglementinvolvementattachmentaffair of the heartintriguerelationsaffaireaffaire de/du cœuramourinformal:hanky-pankycarry-on
   • 2. short for Highland fling

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘go violently’): perhaps related to Old Norse flengja ‘flog’. The main verb sense is based on an earlier sense ‘reckless movement of the body’ and dates from the early 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flinger noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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