TO FLING

Definition: FLING

FLING

Noun

1. A usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl".

2. A brief indulgence of your impulses.

3. The act of flinging.

Verb

1. Throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee".

2. Move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa".

3. Indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV".

4. Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: TO FLING

Expressions using "TO FLING": To fling about ♦ To fling away ♦ To fling down ♦ To fling in ♦ To fling off ♦ To fling open ♦ To fling out ♦ To fling up. Additional references.

Chinese 

拋 (to abandon, to cast, to throw, to toss). (various references)

Hungarian

rúgkapál (flung, to kick), lendít (flung, swing, to brandish), hadonászik (flail, flung, to flail, to flourish). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

脱ぎ捨てる (to kick off, to throw off), 投�'飛ばす (to hurl). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

な�'とばす (to hurl), ぬぎすてる (to kick off, to throw off). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ingflay

lah. (various references)

sparare. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lofting.

-1 letter: tiglon, toling.

-2 letters: fling, flint, flong, glint, gonif, ingot, lingo, tigon.

-3 letters: filo, fino, flit, flog, foil, foin, font, gift, gilt, golf, info, into, lift, ling, lino, lint, lion, loft, loin, long, loti, noil, ting, toil, tong.

-4 letters: fig, fil, fin, fit, fog, fon, gin, git, got, ion, lin, lit, log, lot, nil, nit.

+1 letter: floating, flouting, footling.

+2 letters: foliating, outflying.

+3 letters: batfowling, conflating, fosterling, outfabling, outfeeling, outflowing, outfooling, refloating.

+4 letters: antifouling, conflicting, defoliating, exfoliating, flatfooting, foretelling, forklifting, formulating, fortnightly, fosterlings, fulguration, outbluffing, outflanking, outfumbling, shoplifting, stagflation, sulfonating.

+5 letters: allografting, comfortingly, deflagration, flagellation, flocculating, flowcharting, fluoridating, fluorinating, footfaulting, footslogging, forestalling, fulgurations, genuflection, interfolding, stagflations, uglification, waterfowling.